How can descriptive research may answer the question "How much are our students learning?"

To answer this question, for example, the Malaysian Ministry of Education could assess our country's students in a variety of areas, including math, science, reading and writing, the arts, economics, geography, history starting from a chosen time period. This is a form of descriptive research, and educators can use it to measure the effectiveness of different programs and to make comparisons with other schools/institutions.