The results of the Fiji Islands Literacy and Numeracy Assessment (FILNA) supply Teachers with two reports of the test. These are the Item Analysis Report and the Class Profile Report.
The Item Analysis Report shows correct responses for each question and the individual responses of students to each question. From these, teachers can identify concepts that a class, as a whole, has mastered well and those that have not been mastered well and take action accordingly.
The Class Profile Report groups students in terms of their abilities and shows the educational outcomes that the various groups have and have not mastered well. This report assists teachers in grouping students in terms of their abilities for remedial purposes.
FILNA, therefore, presents a very informative way of reporting students’ achievement. The Ministry of Education would urge all teachers to take full advantage of the details of learning given in FILNA reports to better the standards of basic literacy and numeracy in primary schools. This year FILNA was offered as an option to the Fiji Intermediate Examination at class 6 level.
Filipe Bole Minister for Education, National Heritage, Culture and Arts, Youth and Sports, Labour, Industrial Relations and Employment.