The "Basic Competency Assessments" (BCA) is a project intended for facilitating learning and teaching at schools. It is low-stakes in nature. It is not a public examination and not related to allocation of S1 places.

The BCA comprises two parts, namely "Student Assessment" and "System Assessment". The main purpose of this Web page is to introduce the "Student Assessment".

The "Student Assessment" aims at providing schools with an additional assessment tool. Teachers can conduct this assessment according to their student needs and learning progress. The assessment can be flexibly used with other assessment tools at schools so that the effectiveness of student learning would be enhanced. The features of the "Student Assessment" include:

• A web-based central assessment item bank
• Online assessments
• Computer marking and instant reports on students' performance

In order to raise learning and teaching effectiveness, the Education Bureau will provide "Web-based Learning and Teaching Support" for schools according to the analyses and reports of students' performance in the "Student Assessment". The development of the "Web-based Learning and Teaching Support" is in progress. Based on the online assessment results and their knowledge about the students by at large, teachers can provide appropriate follow-ups to enhance student learning.

The "Student Assessment" will be implemented gradually from Primary 1 to Secondary 3, covering Chinese, English and Mathematics. The assessment items are designed according to the "Basic Competency" (BC) of different "Key Stages" (Trial Version).