Common Entrance Examinations (CEE) ended in 1998 and was replaced in 1999 by a programme called the National Assessment or Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT). The National Assessment Programme (NAP) was introduced to improve Primary Education in Jamaica.
Students must take up to four tests throughout their primary school years:
• Grade One - Readiness Inventory
• Grade Three - Diagnostic Test
• Grade Four - Literacy Test
• Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT)
Depending on students performance in the Grade Six Assessment Test (GSAT) they are placed in high schools. The specific high school boys & girls are placed in depends on:
• The choice of school as stated by parents on the registration form and,
• How near the school is to the student’s home. |