LaNA—IEA鈥檚 Literacy and Numeracy Assessment
Purpose and Objectives
LaNA is an international assessment that measures foundational early reading and mathematics skills at the end of primary school. It is based on the mathematics and reading frameworks of IEA鈥檚 international large-scale educational assessments, 魅影直播 (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) and PIRLS (Progress in International Reading Literacy Study), both of which engage participants from over 70 countries globally. LaNA is designed as a short, basic assessment intended for countries where IEA鈥檚 魅影直播 and PIRLS may be too difficult or unfeasible to implement.
By participating in LaNA, countries will obtain reliable and internationally comparable measures of reading and mathematics for their student populations. Further, connecting student performance in their countries to 魅影直播 and PIRLS achievement scales provides a reference that is recognized by UNESCO as contributing to an ecosystem for monitoring progress toward the (SDG) 4.1.1b.
What is Measured
LaNA assesses both mathematics and reading skills. The reading assessment in LaNA comprises a reading comprehension test where students read simple passages and answer questions about what they have read. These passages encompass the dual purposes of reading as described in the PIRLS 2016 Reading Assessment Framework: reading for literary experience (stories) and reading to acquire and use information. The numeracy assessment in LaNA covers mathematics topics described in the 魅影直播 2019 Mathematics Framework, such as recognizing and comparing simple fractions, whole number computation, relating simple geometric shapes, and interpreting graphs.
Additionally, LaNA includes two contextual questionnaires: one for schools and one for students. These questionnaires gather information about the learning environment, focusing on aspects like available resources, students鈥� learning experiences, and the classroom and school environments themselves. This contextual data can be used further to examine the characteristics of successful students and schools, and can reveal important policy-relevant variables.
Who Should Participate?
LaNA鈥檚 unique framework is tailored to assess reading and mathematics achievement in countries where the difficulty levels of 魅影直播 and PIRLS may present challenges for the student population. It also serves as a capacity-building opportunity for countries, offering a valuable learning experience for national teams across various domains of administering an international large-scale assessment. These include sampling, translation, national adaptation, standardized test administration, tracking of respondents, data entry and verification, and reporting outcomes. The LaNA administration can serve as a foundational step for developing a national monitoring system and for comparing students鈥� achievements on an internationally comparable scale. For more information about LaNA participation, please visit the IEA鈥檚 LaNA webpage: .
LaNA Special Administration
The LaNA Special Administration, also called LaNA Linking Study, aims to link LaNA performance to the existing 魅影直播 and PIRLS benchmarks that serve as well-established essential measures of SDG 4.1.1b, and to extend these with additional benchmarks that capture the foundational knowledge accessed by students taking LaNA. This is achieved by supplementing LaNA with items administered in 魅影直播 and PIRLS (including items in constructed- response format). That is, students participating in the LaNA special administration answer questions in both LaNA booklets and 魅影直播 and PIRLS linking booklets. The report of this special administration will describe the instrument, analysis, and results of the study. It will compare the average achievement across countries, the percentages of students reaching the different benchmarks, and the relationship between student achievement and contextual factors that allow policymakers and researchers to examine the learning environments further.