Cognitive Level of Nepalese Students: A Meta-analysis of National Assessment of Student Achievement

Abstract

This article is prepared by analyzing the available database: comparative study of the published report "The National Assessment of Student Achievement (NASA)" 2011 of grade 8 and 2012 of grade 3, 5 in Nepal. Large number (1,28,914 ) of randomly selected school students had participated in the assessment. Nepali and Mathematics in grade 3, Nepali, Mathematics and English in grade 5 and Nepali, Mathematics and Social Studies in grade 8 were assessed. As the eight reports of two big research volumes were compared, then analyses the role of meta-analysis. This article aims to explore the status of cognitive level wise achievement in different subjects and different grades in order to explain the extent of cognitive development of Nepalese students. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) shows signifi cant variation in achievement between the cognitive levels in all grades and subjects. Students are found able to recall the memorized facts and concepts and also respond to accomplish the problems of comprehension level. However, they have achieved low in application and higher ability requiring problems. Similar trend of high achievement in low cognitive domain in all subjects and all grades and vice versa is the major fi nding of this research.