2004 National Assessment of Information Acquisition and Processing in the First Grade of Secondary Education in Flanders (A-stream)

In 2004 a national assessment was carried out, which was commissioned by the Flemish government, to assess whether pupils have achieved the attainment targets fo acquiring and processing information at the end of the firstr grade of secondary education (A-stream). Data were collected through three written tests: a test on consulting reference works, a test on working with tables and graphs, and a test on working with plans and drawings. In addition some background information was collected. A representative sample of 5964 students from 122 Flemish secondary schools participated. Each student took only one test.