African Harmonised Early-Grade Assessment Data

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ahead-v1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.25828/2287-mw84

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African Foundational Learning Data Hub

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Jul 31, 2026

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Jul 31, 2026

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Spelling (creative_writing_spelling)

Data file: ahead-v1_1

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Valid: 0

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Type: Discrete

Width: 82

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
1	1 - Strings of letters that don't relate to sounds in words.
2	2 - Starting to represent some sounds in words.
3	3 - Some phonetic spelling that makes sense; high frequency words not all correct.
4	4 - Still using phonetic spelling; high- frequency words are mostly correct.
5	5 - Spelling is mostly correct; high- frequency words are spelled correctly.

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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