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Follow-up study of the Eskari experiment in comprehensive schools

This page provides information on how to conduct assessments in comprehensive schools as part of the two-year pre-school education pilot follow-up study. First-grade students in all experimental and control municipalities will participate in a skills assessment in autumn 2024. An important part of the pilot is a follow-up study of children, which will assess children’s linguistic and mathematical abilities, social skills, self-esteem and well-being in early childhood education and pre-school settings in autumn 2021—2023 and in the first grade of comprehensive school in autumn 2023—2024.

This page is maintained by the research team.

Schedule

• In your own schedule before the start of the assessments:
  The school checks the suitability of the devices and browser for the assessment and the availability of headphones
• In your own schedule before the start of the assessments:
  Teachers complete training to familiarize themselves with the assessments remotely
• September—October 2024:
  The school sends guardians a bulletin prepared by the research team about the assessments via Wilma or a similar system
• 14.10.—25.10.2024:
  The school contact person receives the student lists retrieved from the Koski database from the research team, to which he adds the class teacher’s information
• 14.10.—22.11.2024:
  The school contact person responds to a short questionnaire that maps the background information of the classes
• 28.10.—22.11.2024:
  Assessment of the skills of first-grade students and teacher surveys on the students’ socio-emotional skills
• January 2025:
  For teachers and Principals are provided with assessment results for viewing.

The detailed implementation of the assessments is described in the schools’ information letter and in the teacher training materials.