2021 National Assessment of Project Integrated General Subjects in the Third Grade of Secondary Education in Flanders (Vocational Track)

In 2021 a national assessment was carried out, which was commissioned by the Flemish government, to assess the extent to which students achieve the attainment targets for project-integrated general subjects at the end of the third grade of vocational secondary education. This assessment is a reiteration of the national assessment administered in 2013. Data were collected through four written tests covering four topics: (1) home and garden, (2) environment and energy, (3) transportation, and (4) media. A representative sample of 2870 students from 174 Flemish secondary schools participated. Some of these students also participated in the national assessment on critical thinking, media wisdom, and problem-solving. This group of students took only two (and not four) of the tests on project-integrated general subjects. In addition, they took the digital test on critical thinking and media wisdom. Tests were supplemented with background questionnaires for students, parents and teachers. The questionnaires collected information on general background characteristics of the students and their families, the students' school careers and classroom practices. The response rates for the questionnaires were 81% for the students, 56% for the parents and 77% for the teachers.