ESSD: Fact Sheet 4: Performance by Language of Test

Fact Sheet 4
Performance by language of test

The learners took the test in November 2002 and this cohort of Grade 8 learners experienced Curriculum 2005, which was taught to this grade for the first time in 2001.

Those learners who took the test in Afrikaans scored higher than learners who took the test in English. The learners who took the test in Afrikaans came mainly from the Western Cape and Northern Cape – the provinces who had the highest scores.

International results TIMSS 2003

South African component of TIMSS 2003

• Opening Remarks / Dr Anil Kanjee  (also available in pdf format ... )
• Media Release
  
• Fact Sheet 1: Maths and Science Scaled Scores by Province (also available in pdf format ... )
• Fact Sheet 2: Analysis of Scores by Former Racially Based Departments (also available in pdf format ... )
• Fact Sheet 3: Comparing South African Performance TIMSS 1999 to TIMSS 2003 (also available in pdf format ... )
• Fact Sheet 4: Performance by Language of Test (also available in pdf format ... )