Education Ministry releases Grade 4 test results today
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Education Minister Ruel Reid will today release the Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy test results at a press conference scheduled for 2:00 pm at the ministry’s Heroes Circle office in Kingston.
The tests, which were administered to children in June of this year, were used to determine the literacy and numeracy of students at grade four, in keeping with international requirements and standards.
In 2009, the ministry of education initiated the Competency Based Transition Policy, which stipulates that no child will be allowed to sit the Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) without being certified as achieving mastery in the Grade Four Literacy and Numeracy Test.
Students who do not attain mastery in both areas are required to re-sit the examinations in Grade Five.
