Variations in Regional National Achievement Tests: Fractal Analysis in the Philippine Context

Abstract

The pupils’ achievement level, strengths and weaknesses are measured in the National Achievement Test given annually to the Grade 3, grade 6 and fourth year students. This paper determined the variations in the 17 regions of the country of the NAT performance of the Grade six pupils using fractal dimensions. The data were taken from the Department of Education’s website.  Only the 2009 data were available during data mining.  Results revealed that all the five areas are rugged as indicated in the variabilities of more than 60%.  The 17 regions in the country have big disparities from each other in the achievement test. Regions VIII and CARAGA were the top two while the ARMM and NCR were at the bottom.