2019 National Assessment of world studies (Society, Time, Space and Resource Utilization) in Primary Education in Flanders

In 2019 a national assessment was carried out, which was commissioned by the Flemish government, to assess whether pupils have achieved the attainment targets for human and society (domains of society, time, space and resource utilization) at the end of primary education. Data were collected through five written tests and a practical test consisting of eight assignments. A representative sample of 2747 pupils from 100 Flemish primary schools participated. Tests were supplemented with background questionnaires for pupils, parents and teachers. These questionnaires collected, among other things, information on background characteristics of the pupils, schools and teachers, classroom practices, and the teachers' didactic approaches. The response rates to these questionnaires were almost 100% for the pupils and 89% for the parents. Teachers were able to complete part of the questionnaire online, for which the response rate was 96%. For the paper part, the response rate was 96% as well.