The Ministry of Education is advising parents and teachers the results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) written on May 03 and 04, 2023, are being released to schools. Fifteen thousand two hundred seventy-three (15,273) candidates wrote this assessment. The results being released gave a report on the candidates’ performance at National Grade Six Assessment.
The NGSA results will be available online immediately after the completion of this programme Parents and students are advised to log onto the following website:
http://exams.moeguyana.org. The candidates’ timetable will provide the necessary information to access these results.
The Ministry, in a release said, the agency continues to collaborate with the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) to improve the quality of all national primary grade assessments.
“Teachers, subject specialists and test development officers developed the test items with the technical guidance of the Caribbean Examinations Council, addressing key areas such as item construction, weighting of items, sampling and other psychometric elements.”
Candidates were tested in four subjects namely, Mathematics, English, Science and Social Studies. The examination in each subject area consisted of two papers. Paper One consisted of forty multiple choice items while Paper Two consisted of essay type or open ended items.
Areas tested for each subject were:
Mathematics – Knowledge, Algorithmic Thinking, Reasoning
Science – Knowledge, Comprehension, Application
Social Studies – Knowledge, Conceptual Understanding, Use of Knowledge
English Language – Reading, Comprehension and Vocabulary: Structure and
Mechanics; Content, Focus, Vocabulary; Language and Organization
The highest possible standardised scores obtainable were:
Mathematics 132.2
English 124.7
Social Studies 125.1
Science 125.7
The highest possible total score obtainable was 507.7
