1. Assessment toolkit of primary school subject competences Peter Nezhnov, PhD degree in psychology, Leading Researcher at the Russian Academy of Education СICED Supervisory Board Meeting September 30, 2009 Moscow, Russia

2. Primary school TIMSS (IEA) math and science 8 th grade TIMSS (IEA) math and science 8 th grade PISA (OECD) math, science, and reading literacy 15-year-olds in schools PISA (OECD) math, science, and reading literacy 15-year-olds in schools TIMSS (IEA) math and science 4th grade TIMSS (IEA) math and science 4th grade Lower secondary school Upper secondary school MASS (CICED) math, science, native language, and reading literacy 4 th grade Monitoring Achievements of School Students (MASS) in subject competencies assessment system PIRLS (IEA) reading literacy 4 th grade PIRLS (IEA) reading literacy 4 th grade

3. construction reflection reproduction curriculum studied Academic content assimilation levels

4. Samples of problems for maths monitoring I.How many square centimeters are there in the area of rectangle ABCD? II. Measure the shaded area of the figure shown in Fig. 1 using the shaded figure shown in Fig.2 as a unit area. Write down the resulting number. III. Measure the area of the big triangle using the small triangle as a unit area. Write down the resulting number. А В D C 1 sм 2 Fig. 1 Fig. 2

5. construction reflection reproduction curriculum studied Academic content assimilation profile

6. Natural science class profile 1 level 2 level 3 level 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Class А Class B

7. Potential users of the sample frame Students and their parents Teachers Methodologists School administration