{"id":226093,"date":"2019-05-28T11:57:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T15:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=226093"},"modified":"2019-05-28T11:59:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T15:59:27","slug":"1086-students-to-sit-grade-six-national-assessment-this-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/1086-students-to-sit-grade-six-national-assessment-this-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"844 students to sit Grade Six National Assessment this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_226095\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226095\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-226095\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grade-six-top-performer-642x481-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grade-six-top-performer-642x481-1.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Grade-six-top-performer-642x481-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226095\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Top performer in 2017 Carlissa George wipes a tear after learning of the results<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development will administer the annual Grade Six National Assessment (G6NA) on Thursday, May 30 and Friday, May 31, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>This year, 844 students, 444 girls and 400 boys, are set to write the exams. This number represents a 12% decrease from last year when 965 students sat the exam.<\/p>\n<p>The examinations are scheduled to begin at 8:00 am, with an assembly at 7:45, at 53 centers occupying 40 school buildings around the island.<\/p>\n<p>On day one, students will be tested on Language Arts and Social Studies, while on day two; Mathematics and Science will be administered. With the exception of language Arts, all exams will be single paper multiple-choice test. The Language Arts examination will consist of two (2) components; a sixty (60) item multiple-choice paper and a composition paper.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development advises parents that they are <strong><u>not allowed<\/u><\/strong> at testing centers while the examinations are in progress. 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