Primary School Leaving Examination
At primary school level, the Examinations Research and Testing Division administers the Standard Four Attainment Test and the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE).

Standard 4 Attainment Test
This test serves as a checkpoint to enable the teachers to diagnose the learning problems of children in order to plan remedial measures. The tests cover work in the four levels of the lower primary syllabus.

Up to now Standard four pupils have been writing attainment tests in English, Maths and Setswana.

Development and Administration of Tests
Examinations subject officers invite teachers in their subject areas to develop such tests and their marking keys. The tests are then printed and dispatched to the Regional Education Offices where they are in turn distributed to schools. The teachers administer the tests and mark them.
With guidance from Primary Department, the schools look at the test scores to determine who needs remedial teaching and who can proceed to Standard Five.

However, ERTD has not received reliable feedback from the schools as to how the tests are performing. The Division is currently working on an instrument for collecting data on the performance of the tests.