


ICAN - International Common Assessment of Numeracy
ICAN is an open-source, robust and easy-to-use assessment tool, available in 11 languages, that offers international comparability of results aligned to SDG 4.1.1 (a). ICAN was developed through a collaborative effort among PAL Network member organisations in 13 low and middle-income countries across Africa, America and Asia.
ICAN was developed through a collaborative effort among PAL Network member organisations in 13 low and middle-income countries across Africa, America and Asia.
In its first round of large-scale household-based implementation, ICAN covered one rural district each in 13 countries. This exercise aimed to demonstrate proof of concept in two ways:
- To demonstrate the feasibility of using a common assessment framework and set of tools across very different country contexts; and
- To highlight the ways in which ICAN can be used to generate estimates that respond to important questions on foundational learning confronting countries in the Global South.
Proceedings
ICAN 2019 Report, Reach and Coverage
Proceedings of Global e-launch
Proceedings of Regional e-launch
South Asia
Proceedings of Regional e-launch
Eastern and Southern Africa
Proceedings of Regional e-launch
America


ICAN TOOL BROCHURE
ICAN Tool is available in 11 languages. Click to view.
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Urdu | 6.38 MB | 99 | DownloadPreview |
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Portuguese | 5.57 MB | 87 | DownloadPreview |
Nepali | 2.33 MB | 98 | DownloadPreview |
Kiswahili | 5.67 MB | 121 | DownloadPreview |
Hindi | 5.43 MB | 158 | DownloadPreview |
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Bangla | 2.63 MB | 123 | DownloadPreview |
EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
WESTERN AFRICA
AMERICA
SOUTH ASIA

ICAN Policy Linking Report
Policy Linking is a methodology that links existing assessments to the Global Proficiency Framework (GPF) and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4.1.1. Thirty teacher panellists, 15 each from Kenya and Nigeria participated in eight 2-hour online workshop sessions to align ICAN to the GPF. Panellists also set benchmarks for the score children need to achieve on ICAN to “meet global minimum proficiency” in Grades 2 and 3. Read the full report below.
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