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            Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA)






            CPEA EXAMINATIONS                                       External Assessment
            1.   The Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEATM) was an   (i)   Language Multiple Choice
               assessment of the literacies required by all pupils exiting   (ii)  Mathematics Multiple Choice
               the primary school system. These literacies are common   (iii)  Science Multiple Choice
               to all primary curricula across the region and include:  (iv)  Social Studies Multiple Choice
               I.  Language
               II.  Mathematics                                 3.  The Virgin Islands, UK (BVI) and Suriname registered
               III.  Science                                        candidates for the first time.  Moderation was once again
               IV.  Social Studies                                  conducted within the participating territory and was
                                                                    facilitated by teachers/educators who were previously
            2.  The CPEA includes internal and external components.   trained.    Online  webinars  were  conducted  with  the
               Internal Assessment                                  participants on request.
               (i)  Project
               (ii)  Book Report                                4.  There was satisfactory performance on all aspects of the
               (iii)  Writing Portfolio                             internal and external components.  Table 2 summarises
               (iv)  Can-do Skills                                  the performance on the external assessment.
               (v)  Teacher-constructed tests
               (vi)  Pupil-constructed tests

                                                                             St Vincent
                           Anguilla       BVI       Grenada     Montserrat     & the      Suriname      Total
                                                                            Grenadines
                          2018  2019 2018   2019   2018  2019  2018   2019  2018  2019   2018  2019  2018   2019
             Female         99    85     --   162   933   933     27    23   934   855      --   05  1 993 2 063
             Male          106    103    --   174  1 072  998    29     32   903   925      --   03   2 110 2 235
             Total         205    188    --  336 2 005   1 931   56     55  1 837  1 780    --   08  4 103 4 298
            TABLE 1  CPEA CANDIDATE ENTRIES 2018 -2019

                                                              External Assessment (MC)
                   Literacy            Language          Mathematical          Scientific        Social Studies
                                    2018      2019      2018      2019      2018      2019      2018      2019
            Maximum Available         75        75        75        75        75        75        75        75
            Highest Score             75        75        73      70.50       75     73.50        68        75
            Mean Score              49.74     49.26     39.19     37.67     51.59    50.05     40.84      47.52
            Mean as a %             66.33     65.68    52.26     50.23      68.79     66.73    54.45     63.36
            Standard Deviation       13.11    12.50     12.76     11.80     14.30     14.30      9.61     13.96
            Table 2 Performance on the External Assessment



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