Student Leadership Measurement Library

International Common Assessment of Numeracy (ICAN)

ICAN is an open-source assessment tool to measure foundational numeracy. It is available in 11 languages and offers international comparability of results aligned to SDG 4.1. It covers the following domains: number knowledge, geometry, measurement, and data display.

Constructs Being Measured

Primary

Numeracy

How to Access and Cite

To access this resource, visit https://palnetwork.org/ican/.

Outcome Families

Mastery

Programmatic Purpose-terms

Feedback for parents and other school-level stakeholders

Program-level monitoring and evaluation

Instrument Characteristics

Type of items

26 questions that are administered orally and on an individual basis.

Original target population

Grades 2-3, but suitable for a broad age group of learners, in order to idenfy gaps in numeracy

Format

Cognitive Assessment (oral)

Applicable Grade Levels-terms

Pre-primary

Primary

Supporting Research

People's Action for Learning (PAL) network

Available Languages

11 languages, including English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Bangla, Urdu, Nepali, and Kiswahili

Rationale

Points to Consider

For more guidance on measuring student learning and best practices in adapting measurement tools to your contexts, check out the Portal page on Monitoring and Evaluation. You can also contact Alvin Vista (Knowledge Lead, Student Outcomes) and Robbie Dean (Director of Research) for specific questions.