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The preliminary results of the 2024 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) are out in Grenada with the Education ministry providing a summary on the overall performance of students.
The ministry says 1,705 students were registered for the Assessment in 2024. This included 846 males and 859 females. All the registered students wrote the internal component; however, 1,697 students wrote the external component.
Of the1,705 students, all have been assigned to a secondary school under the Government of Grenada’s Universal Secondary Education Policy.
In the External Component of the assessment, overall, 1,220 students attained 50 per cent and above in the external component of the examination. This figure represents 70.97 per cent of all the students and comprised 663 females and 557 males. 
For this component of the assessment, students performed best in Science. Of a total possible score of 100, the national mean in science was 64.13, a decline of 1.94 from 66.07 in 2023.
The most notable drop was in Mathematics, with a shift from 58.53 in 2023 to 56.12 in 2024.
The only subjects that documented a slight increase were Social Studies, moving from a mean score of 60.30 in 2023 to 60.57 in 2024, and Language Arts, from 59.75 to 59.82.
Features of the external assessment include 50 multiple choice questions in Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. Students were given 75 minutes to complete each paper.
Meanwhile for the internal component of the assessment, there were 1,651 students (845 females and 806 males) achieving the 50 per cent and above mark in the internal component of the examination, representing 96.83 per cent of the total number of students who wrote the exam.
In this component of the assessment, the best performance was recorded in Mathematics, followed by Language Arts, Social Studies, and Science at the rear.
The mean score in Language Arts was 83.63 and Mathematics, 87.71.
Features of the internal assessment includes the following: Project, Book Report, Writing Portfolio, Self-assessment, Practice in “Can-Do” Skills: English, Mathematics, Science and Civics, Teacher-made tests in English, Mathematics, Science and Civics.
The Internal Assessment accounts for 40 per cent of the total score while the External Assessment accounts for 60 per cent of the total score.
The 2024 Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) officially commenced with the internal component in September 2023 and culminated with the external components on Wednesday, May 15 and Thursday, May 16, 2024.
The assessment was open to all students who were 11 years old on, or before, September 1, 2023.
In May 2023, the Ministry of Education re-established the policy of Universal Secondary Education, where all students writing the examinations would exit primary schools.
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