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The field survey encompassed over 110,000 students from 204 schools across 70 rural and urban areas in nine Arab countries. Image Courtesy: Alef Education
EDUCATION
Miqyas Al Dhad completes Arab world’s largest field survey
Ahead of launching first comprehensive scientific framework to assess arabic literacy
Press Release
June 18, 2025
Abu Dhabi: In a significant milestone towards enhancing Arabic reading proficiency among native students, Arabic Scale - known
as ‘Miqyas Al Dhad’ has successfully concluded the final phase of its comprehensive field survey. This achievement paves the way
for the official launch of the Arabic reading scale in the third quarter of this year, following an intensive research effort grounded in
advanced scientific methodologies. The field survey was carried out in collaboration with Ministries of Education and school chains
across the Arab world and involved the active participation of hundreds of educators and language experts.
The field survey encompassed over 110,000 students from 204 schools across 70 rural and urban areas in nine Arab countries,
namely the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Arab Republic of Egypt, the Sultanate of Oman, the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan, the Kingdom of Morocco, the State of Libya, the Lebanese Republic, and the Republic of Iraq, reflecting the
initiative’s scope and scale. The field survey was administered digitally using tablets, desktops, and computer labs. Rigorous
proctoring was followed to ensure security of survey administration.
In developing the field survey items, several reading frameworks and standards were reviewed and the socio-cognitive framework
for reading (Khalifa & Weir, 2009) was utilized. It should be noted that the sociocognitive framework for reading has been used by
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