2022 National Assessment of Mathematics in the First Grade of Secondary Education (A- and B-stream) in Flanders

In 2022 a national assessment was carried out, which was commissioned by the Flemish government, to assess the extent to which students have achieved the attainment targets for mathematics at the end of the first grade of secondary education. Data were collected through 4 digital tests: (1) Number sense, (2) Tables and diagrams, (3) Measuring arithmetic and (4) Geometry. A representative sample of 1654 students in the A-stream and 1976 students in the B-stream across 118 Flemish secondary schools participated. Tests were supplemented with background questionnaires for students, parents, teachers and the coordinator of the didactic team for mathematics. The questionnaires collected, among other things, information on general background characteristics of the students and their families, characteristics of the teachers, and the mathematics curriculum. The response rates to the student questionnaire were 86% for the A-stream and 86% for the B-stream. For the parent questionnaires, the response rates were 91% and 75%, respectively. For the teacher questionnaires, the response rates were 86% and 83%, respectively. For the coordinators of the didactic teams, the response rates were 72% and 63%, respectively.