2021 National Assessment of Information Acquisition and Processing and ICT in Primary Education in Flanders

In 2021 a national assessment was carried out, which was commissioned by the Flemish government, to assess whether pupils have sufficient skills to acquire and process information at the end of primary education. This assessment is a reiteration of the previous assessment on information acquisition and processing in 2012. Data were collected through three written tests: a test on working with tables and graphs, a test on working with plans and drawings, and a test on working with texts. The latter of these three was newly added compared to the assessment in 2012. A representative sample of 2597 pupils from 83 Flemish primary schools participated. In addition, a practical test was administered to a subsample of 447 pupils to assess certain ICT competencies. This practical test consisted of three assignments. Tests were supplemented with questionnaires for pupils, parents, teachers and ICT coordinators. These questionnaires collected, among other things, information on pupils' home situation, pupils' familiarity with ICT and how IVV and ICT are addressed in class. The response rates to the questionnaires were 94% for pupils, 94% for parents, 84% for teachers and 65% for ICT coordinators.