Primary School Achievement Test, also known as Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (commonly abbreviated as UPSR; Malay), was a national examination taken by all students in Malaysia at the end of their sixth year in primary school before they leave for secondary school. It is prepared and examined by the Malaysian Examinations Syndicate (Lembaga Peperiksaan Malaysia), an agency that constitutes the Ministry of Education. The UPSR tests were first established in 1988 to replace the Standard Five assessment. Starting from 2016, students in national schools (sekolah kebangsaan) are required to take six subjects. Students in Chinese and Tamil national-type schools (sekolah jenis kebangsaan) are required to take two additional language subjects, totalling eight subjects. Multiple choice questions are tested using a standardised optical answer sheet that uses optical mark recognition for detecting answers. This exam is held annually on the first Monday of September. The score is calculated based on a bell curve, thus the passing grade is reflected by the yearly performance. Effective 2021, the UPSR exams were abolished and replaced with school-based assessments, seeing it suffer the same fate as the PMR examinations. Subjects The subjects that are taken in this exam include: Bahasa Malaysia (Pemahaman or Malay Comprehension) Bahasa Malaysia (Penulisan or Malay Writing) Mathematics Science English (Comprehension) English (Writing) Chinese (Pemahaman or Chinese Comprehension) - Compulsory for Chinese school students only Chinese (Penulisan or Chinese Writing) - Compulsory for Chinese school students only Tamil (Pemahaman or Tamil Comprehension) - Compulsory for Tamil school students only Tamil (Penulisan or Tamil Writing) - Compulsory for Tamil school students only Each of the two Bahasa Malaysia subjects is offered at two different levels: the harder SK level and the easier SJK level, due to the difference in the Bahasa Malaysia syllabus taught in SK and SJK. However, SJK students may opt to sit for the SK paper with permission from their schools. Mathematics In 1995, UPSR Mathematics tests were changed to include subjective questions. The mathematics examination is divided into two papers, paper 1 and paper 2. Starting from 2016, the exam is one hour long for each paper. Paper 1 is a multiple choice paper and consists of forty questions, all have a one-point score value. Paper 2 is the subjective area of Maths. There are 15 questions here in total, the first five questions have a three-point score value, questions 6-10 have a four-point score value, and the