2021 National Assessment of Mathematics 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 achieved the attainment targets for mathematics at the end of primary education. This assessment is a reiteration of the previous national assessments on mathematics in 2002, 2009 and 2016. Data were collected through 21 written tests: 13 tests were on the domain of 'number sense and operations' and 8 were on the domain of 'measuring arithmetic and geometry'. A representative sample of 6163 pupils from 230 Flemish primary schools participated. Tests were supplemented with background questionnaires for pupils, parents and teachers. These background questionnaires collected, among other things, information on the family situation, the attitudes of pupils and their parents toward mathematics, and mathematics classes. The response rates to the questionnaires were 96% for pupils, 93% for parents and 91% for teachers.