{"id":20483,"date":"2019-10-28T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inovasi.or.id\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=20483"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:48:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T04:48:51","slug":"policy-brief-early-grade-numeracy-october-2019","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.inovasi.or.id\/en\/publication\/policy-brief-early-grade-numeracy-october-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Brief: Early grade numeracy, October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-image-position=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/dev02.inovasi.or.id\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/numeracyeng-720x1024.jpg\" alt title=\"numeracyeng\" class=\"fy-content__image\" fetchpriority=\"high\"><div class=\"fy-image-loading fy-image-loading--skeleton\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The relationship between a skilled work force and the achievement of basic competencies in literacy and numeracy is an important one, underpinning higher order thinking skills (HOTS) such as critical thinking and problem solving. Simply put, if students have not developed minimum competence in literacy and math, the prospect for a highly skilled and relevant workforce remains slim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to international test results across Indonesia, it is clear that students are failing to grasp mathematical concepts used in real-world problems. Over the last four PISA assessments, spread across the past decade, Indonesia\u2019s performance has remained much the same. Approximately 40 per cent of children age 15 are still below the lowest level of the international standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This October 2019 policy brief explores key strategic issues and policy recommendations for e<strong>arly grade numeracy<\/strong>&nbsp;in Indonesia. The brief draws on INOVASI\u2019s work and body of evidence to date based on pilot implementation in four provinces, namely in West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, North Kalimantan, and East Java \u2013 including emerging pilot endline data from Sumba Island, East Nusa Tenggara. 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