The
United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has
launched a new programme that will help developing countries to monitor SDG
Target 4.6: “ensure that all youth and a substantial portion of adults, both
men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy.”
Silvia
Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), says “With Mini-LAMP, countries will have a streamlined version of
the complete set of tools that have already been field tested in 10 countries
and translated into a range of languages spoken in different regions. They
would also have more options and flexibility in implementing the assessment in
order to meet their specific needs. For example, they could use shorter modules
to assess literacy and numeracy skills. This would enable countries to reduce
testing time while continuing to evaluate both domains.
“Mini-LAMP
would also be computer-based. So countries will have a fully-adaptive
assessment based on the skills of the individual test taker, which not only
ensures that results are available more quickly but also shifts expenditures
from collection to analysis.
“Finally,
countries could directly administer mini-LAMP with the support of a regional
body. Mini-LAMP will include a comprehensive implementation package and quality
assurance guidelines so that countries can take a decentralized approach to
administering the assessment rather than relying on an international
organization.
In short,
they will have the flexibility to meet their specific needs and contexts with
the assurance and support needed to produce quality data for monitoring and
policy making.”
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