High-Stakes Testing and its influence on Classroom Instructional Practices: A Sub-Saharan Africa Perspective, N/A

KENYA, 2023
Health and Well-Being (HaW)

Human Development (HD)

Moses Ngware

Data file: Teaching and assessment data_v11

Cases	321
Variables	116

Variables

today

Date of interview

endtime

End time

todaydate

Date of interview

consent

Would you like to participate in this research?

consentphone

Do you consent to sharing your telephone number for this research?

county

School county

subcounty

School sub-county

x7

Date of interview

x8

Enter the cummulative number of the questionnaire(for each FW)

a1

What is your gender

a3

What is the highest level of formal education you have completed

a4

a4. What is your highest professional teaching qualification

a5

a5. For how many years have you been a teacher

a61_1

FI; FOR WHICH GRADE IS THE TEACHER PICKED?] ASK QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THAT GRADE

a61_2

FI; FOR WHICH GRADE IS THE TEACHER PICKED?] ASK QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THAT GRADE

a61_3

FI; FOR WHICH GRADE IS THE TEACHER PICKED?] ASK QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THAT GRADE

a61_4

FI; FOR WHICH GRADE IS THE TEACHER PICKED?] ASK QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THAT GRADE

a61_5

FI; FOR WHICH GRADE IS THE TEACHER PICKED?] ASK QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THAT GRADE

a61_6

FI; FOR WHICH GRADE IS THE TEACHER PICKED?] ASK QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THAT GRADE

a61_7

FI; FOR WHICH GRADE IS THE TEACHER PICKED?] ASK QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THAT GRADE

a61_8

FI; FOR WHICH GRADE IS THE TEACHER PICKED?] ASK QUESTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THAT GRADE

a7

a7. Which of the following subjects do you teach?

a7_1

Teach mathematics

a7_2

Teach English

a7a

Which subject is the teacher selected for?

a7b

Which position do you hold in this school?

a7bother

Specify other position

b31

Does your students success or failure in the KPSEA impact your career progressio

b32

Does your students success or failure in the KPSEA impact..your salary or expect

b33

Does your students success or failure in the KPSEA impact the grade, or class, y

b34

Does your students success or failure in the KPSEA impact the school's reputatio

b35

Does students success or failure in the KPSEA impact the performance evaluation

b40

Does students success/failure in the KPSEA impact the resources/support your sch

b41

Does your students success or failure in the KCPE impact your career progression

b42

Does your students success or failure in the KCPE impact your salary or expected

b43

Does your students success or failure in the KCPE impact the grade, or class you

b44

Does your students success or failure in the KCPE impact the school's reputation

b45

Does your students success/failure in the KCPE impact the performance evaluation

b50

Does your students success or failure in the KCPE impact the resources and

b11

Does your students success or failure in KNEC assessments impact your career pr

b12

Does your students success or failure in KNEC assessments impact your salary or

b13

Does your students success or failure in KNEC assessments impact the grade/class

b14

Does your students success or failure in KNEC assessments impact the school

b15

Does your students success or failure in KNEC assessments impact the performance

b19

Does your student's success or failure in KNEC assessments impact the class seat

b20

Does your students success/failure in KNEC assessments impact the resources/supp

b20b

Do you administer common assessments at county, sub-county or zonal level tests

b21

Does your students success or failure in county, subcounty or zonal level common

b22

b22.Does your students success or failure in county, subcounty or zonal level co

b23

b23.Does your students success or failure in county, subcounty or zonal level co

b24

b24. Does your students success or failure in county, subcounty or zonal level c

b25

b25. Does your students success or failure in county, subcounty or zonal level c

b29

b29. Does your students success or failure in county, subcounty or zonal level c

b30

b30. Does your students success or failure in county, subcounty or zonal level c

b52

b52. Tests downloaded from NEMIS have a strong influence on what and how you tea

b53

b53.County, sub-county or zonal level common tests have a strong influence on wh

b54

b54. The KPSEA has a strong influence on what and how you teach, most of the tim

b55

b55. The KCPE has a strong influence on what and how you teach, most of the time

b56

b56. at the whole-school level (i.e. on average across students/mean score)

b57

b57. at the individual-level (i.e. for each student)

b60

Are last year's [KPSEA] results posted for the public to view?

b61

Are last year's [KCPE] results posted for the public to view?

c1

c1. The teachers' guide

c2

The student textbook

c3

The syllabus or curriculum guide

c4

Test-preparation books or guides

c5

Past test papers and sample questions

c6

Give written practice tests (informal exams taken as a preparation for an actual

c7

Teach test-taking skills and strategies

c8

Practice as a class on past test items

c10

Give practice tests (informal exams taken as a preparation for an actual exam)

c11

Offer extra lessons in breaks or after school to teach topics I expect to appear

c12

C12. Discuss or practice how to manage test anxiety

c12a

Invite speakers who can provide insights and guidance on effectively managing te

c19

Test has the strongest influence on what I teach - i.e.the content I cover in th

c19other

Specify other Subject

c20

Test has the strongest influence on how I teach - i.e.the methods & activities I

c20other

Specify other Subject

c21

Test has the strongest influence on who I teach - i.e.the students that I target

c21other

Specify other Subject

c22

C22. As you prepare students for the ${exam}, which of the following statements

c23

c23. Tests help me to decide what content to teach

c24

c24. I try to identify and teach the content that I think will be covered by the

c25

c25. Test preparation activities build long-lasting skills in students

c26

c26. Practice tests (informal exams taken as a preparation for an actual exam) h

c27

c27. Practice tests (informal exams taken as a preparation for an actual exam) h

c28

c28. the ${exam} helps me to decide what content to teach

c29

c29. I have found it easy to prepare my students for the ${exam}

c30

c30. I support my students by teaching them test-taking strategies for the ${ex

c31

c31. It is more important that my students get good results in the ${exam} than

c32

c32. Teachers are generous in the marks they give students for Class-Based Asses

c33

c33. If the ${exam} was not in place, I would teach different content

c34

c34. If the ${exam} was not in place, I would use different activities or metho

c38

c38. The pressure of the ${exam}... motivates me to work harder as a teacher so

c44

c44. The pressure of the ${exam}...creates new anxiety for students in my class

c45

c45.The pressure of the ${exam}... motivates students in my classroom to work h

c48

c48. The pressure of the ${exam}...leads to the re-assignment of teachers to cl

c49

c49. The pressure of the ${exam}...causes teachers to cheat, i.e. by providing

c50

c50. The pressure of the ${exam}...causes students to move from our school to a

c50a

c50. The pressure of the ${exam}...causes students to move from another school

c51

c51. The pressure of the ${exam}... causes parents to apply more pressure to th

c52

c52.The pressure of the ${exam}... causes school leaders to apply more pressure

c53

c53.The pressure of the ${exam}... increases the number of lessons allocated to

d1

d1.The introduction of the KPSEA has improved student effort in Grade ${a6}

d2

d2. The introduction of the KPSEA has improved teacher motivation in Grade ${a6

d3

d3. The introduction of the KPSEA has resulted in better teachers (teachers who

d8

d8. The introduction of the KPSEA means that teachers in Grade ${a6} spend more

d10

d10 The introduction of the KPSEA is irrelevant because KPSEA results are not im

d11

d11. The introduction of the KPSEA is irrelevant because KPSEA results are not i

d12

d12.The introduction of the KPSEA has led to higher rates of dropout in Grade $

d14

d14.The removal of the KCPE will improve student effort in Grade ${a6}

d15

d15. The removal of the KCPE will improve teacher motivation in Grade ${a6}

d16

d16.The removal of the KCPE will mean that better teachers are assigned to Grade

d22

d22.The removal of the KCPE will mean that teachers in Grade ${a6} are in a bet

d25

d25.The removal of the KCPE will lead to higher rates of dropout in Grade ${a6}

e3

COMMENTS ABOUT THE INTERVIEW

Total: 116