This guide details the inner workings of the Pacific EMIS Exams module standard-based assessment component here after referred to as simply the “Exam Module”.

The Exam Module is capable of analysis across many different dimensions including:

• Exams classification hierarchy
  • Exam (aka. Whole Exam or highest level)
  • Standards
  • Benchmarks
  • Indicators (lowest level with narrowest focus on evaluation)
• School disaggregations
  • District (e.g. State, Island, Province, etc.)
  • Authority (e.g. Church of Chris, SDA Church, Private Organizations)
  • Authority Group (e.g. public/private)
  • Region (e.g. Urban/Rural)
• Student disaggregations
  • Gender
  • Special Education

And the data can be processed in the following ways:

• Candidate Count (the most common and familiar method. In essence the percentage of student in each levels of achievements)
• Indicator Count (aka. Level Count. In essence the percentage of indicators in each levels of achievements. This method was the primary one used for benchmarks, standards and whole test in the SOE Assessment commonly used in Pacific Island countries)
• Weighted Indicator Count (Similar to the Indicator count but using a more advanced weighted technique, not used by anyone at the moment)

Both the Candidate Count and Indicator Count calculation techniques will be discussed in details below. However, some concepts are common to all and discussed first.