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SECTION III – ADMINISTRATION OF THE CCSLC®, CPEA™ and CVQ* 2017 EXAMINATIONS

37. In general, the processing of CCSLC®, CPEA® and CVQ* went smoothly.
38. In 2017 there was a 9.7% increase in the subject entries for CCLSC over the 2016

entries. Table 11 shows the summary results for 2017.
Table 11: Acceptable Performance for CCSLC May-June Sitting 2017

Subject Total Entries Achieving %
2016 2017 Competent & Competent
Mastery
ENGLISH CCSLC 4,314 4395 3555 81%

FRENCH CCSLC 290 241 191 79%

INTEGRATED SCIENCE CCSLC 1,887 2450 2011 82%

MATHEMATICS CCSLC 4,184 4364 3231 74%

SOCIAL STUDIES CCSLC 2,627 3210 2616 81%

SPANISH CCSLC 328 295 214 73%

39. There was an overall decline of 5.2% in the CPEA™ candidate entries for the 2017
session with 3,806 candidates registered. This was 210 less than the previous year when 4016
candidates from 4 territories were registered. Table 12 shows the candidate entries for 2017.

Table 12: CPEA Candidate Entries 2017

St Vincent &
Grenada Anguilla Montserrat the Total
Grenadines
2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017

Female 950 876 106 97 32 35 877 796 1965 1804

Male 1005 1037 102 99 35 25 909 841 2051 2002

Total 1955 1913 208 196 67 60 1786 1637 4016 3806

40. Overall, the means on the external assessment ranged from 56 per cent to 67 per cent
of the maximum available score. Marginal improved performances were recorded on
Language and Science with a slight decline in Mathematics. The reliabilities for the three tests
indicated that each test was a good measure of the literacy it was designed to assess. Table
13 shows the performance on the external assessment.

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