What Matters Most for Student Assessment Systems : A Framework Paper

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of what matters most for building a more effective student assessment system. The focus is on systems for assessing student learning and achievement at the primary and secondary levels. The paper...

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Main Author: Clarke, Marguerite
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16238771/matters-most-student-assessment-systems-framework-paper
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spelling okr-10986-174712021-04-23T14:03:36Z What Matters Most for Student Assessment Systems : A Framework Paper Clarke, Marguerite ACHIEVEMENT TESTS APTITUDE ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT EXERCISE ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES ASSESSMENT SYSTEM BACKWASH EFFECT BENEFITS OF EDUCATION CANDIDATES CAPACITY BUILDING CAREER CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATION CLASS SIZE CLASSROOM CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION CLASSROOM LEVEL CLASSROOM TEACHER CLASSROOM TEACHERS CLASSROOMS COMPLETION RATES COMPULSORY EDUCATION CURRICULA CURRICULUM DATA PROCESSING DECISION MAKING DISADVANTAGED GROUPS EARLY GRADES EARLY READING ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION AID EDUCATION BUDGET EDUCATION COMMUNITY EDUCATION MINISTRIES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION REFORM EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION STRATEGY EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATORS EFFECT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT ELEMENTS ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ENROLLMENT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION OFFICE EXAMINATION PERFORMANCE EXAMINATION PROCESS EXAMINATION QUESTIONS EXAMINATION RESULTS EXAMINATION SCORES EXAMINATION SYSTEMS EXAMINATIONS EXTERNAL EXAMINATION FOUNDATION SKILLS GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE HIGH SCHOOL HIGH STAKES EXAMINATIONS HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT INTERVENTIONS ITEM BANK LANGUAGE GROUP LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING STANDARDS LEVELS OF EDUCATION LITERACY LITERATURE MATHEMATICS MULTIPLE CHOICE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL EDUCATION BUDGET NATIONAL POLICY MAKERS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFICIAL CURRICULUM PAPERS POLITICAL INFLUENCE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS PRIVATE TUTORING PROBLEM SOLVING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS PUPIL SPENDING QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY STANDARDS QUOTA SYSTEMS READING READING SKILLS RELIABILITY SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCIENCE STUDY SCORES SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT POPULATION STUDENT RESPONSES SUBJECT AREAS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TECHNICAL QUALITY TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES TERTIARY LEVEL TEST DESIGN TEST ITEM TEST RESULTS TEST SCORE TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRANSPARENCY UNIVERSITIES UPPER SECONDARY VALIDITY The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of what matters most for building a more effective student assessment system. The focus is on systems for assessing student learning and achievement at the primary and secondary levels. The paper extracts principles and guidelines from countries' experiences, professional testing standards, and the current research base. The goal is to provide national policy makers, education ministry officials, development organization staff, and other stakeholders with a framework and key indicators for diagnosis, discussion, and consensus building around how to construct a sound and sustainable student assessment system that will support improved education quality and learning for all. 2014-03-28T17:44:42Z 2014-03-28T17:44:42Z 2012-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16238771/matters-most-student-assessment-systems-framework-paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17471 English en_US Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) student assessment working paper;no. 1 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
APTITUDE
ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY
ASSESSMENT EXERCISE
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
BACKWASH EFFECT
BENEFITS OF EDUCATION
CANDIDATES
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAREER
CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATION
CLASS SIZE
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION
CLASSROOM LEVEL
CLASSROOM TEACHER
CLASSROOM TEACHERS
CLASSROOMS
COMPLETION RATES
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
CURRICULA
CURRICULUM
DATA PROCESSING
DECISION MAKING
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
EARLY GRADES
EARLY READING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION AID
EDUCATION BUDGET
EDUCATION COMMUNITY
EDUCATION MINISTRIES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION REFORM
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION STRATEGY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EDUCATORS
EFFECT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
ELEMENTS
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS
ENROLLMENT
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EXAMINATION OFFICE
EXAMINATION PERFORMANCE
EXAMINATION PROCESS
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
EXAMINATION RESULTS
EXAMINATION SCORES
EXAMINATION SYSTEMS
EXAMINATIONS
EXTERNAL EXAMINATION
FOUNDATION SKILLS
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH STAKES EXAMINATIONS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY
HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS
INSTRUCTION
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT
INTERVENTIONS
ITEM BANK
LANGUAGE GROUP
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEARNING STANDARDS
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERATURE
MATHEMATICS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NATIONAL EDUCATION BUDGET
NATIONAL POLICY MAKERS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OFFICIAL CURRICULUM
PAPERS
POLITICAL INFLUENCE
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PRIVATE TUTORING
PROBLEM SOLVING
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS
PUPIL SPENDING
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY STANDARDS
QUOTA SYSTEMS
READING
READING SKILLS
RELIABILITY
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE STUDY
SCORES
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS
STUDENT LEARNING
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
STUDENT RESPONSES
SUBJECT AREAS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TECHNICAL QUALITY
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
TERTIARY LEVEL
TEST DESIGN
TEST ITEM
TEST RESULTS
TEST SCORE
TEST SCORES
TEXTBOOKS
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
TRANSPARENCY
UNIVERSITIES
UPPER SECONDARY
VALIDITY
spellingShingle ACHIEVEMENT TESTS
APTITUDE
ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY
ASSESSMENT EXERCISE
ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES
ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
BACKWASH EFFECT
BENEFITS OF EDUCATION
CANDIDATES
CAPACITY BUILDING
CAREER
CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATION
CLASS SIZE
CLASSROOM
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION
CLASSROOM LEVEL
CLASSROOM TEACHER
CLASSROOM TEACHERS
CLASSROOMS
COMPLETION RATES
COMPULSORY EDUCATION
CURRICULA
CURRICULUM
DATA PROCESSING
DECISION MAKING
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
EARLY GRADES
EARLY READING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATION AID
EDUCATION BUDGET
EDUCATION COMMUNITY
EDUCATION MINISTRIES
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION REFORM
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION STRATEGY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES
EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
EDUCATORS
EFFECT ON STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
ELEMENTS
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS
ENROLLMENT
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
EXAMINATION OFFICE
EXAMINATION PERFORMANCE
EXAMINATION PROCESS
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
EXAMINATION RESULTS
EXAMINATION SCORES
EXAMINATION SYSTEMS
EXAMINATIONS
EXTERNAL EXAMINATION
FOUNDATION SKILLS
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH STAKES EXAMINATIONS
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY
HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN RESOURCES
INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS
INSTRUCTION
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT
INTERVENTIONS
ITEM BANK
LANGUAGE GROUP
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
LEADERSHIP
LEARNING
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEARNING STANDARDS
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LITERACY
LITERATURE
MATHEMATICS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
NATIONAL ASSESSMENT
NATIONAL EDUCATION
NATIONAL EDUCATION BUDGET
NATIONAL POLICY MAKERS
NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OFFICIAL CURRICULUM
PAPERS
POLITICAL INFLUENCE
PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
PRIVATE TUTORING
PROBLEM SOLVING
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS
PUPIL SPENDING
QUALITY OF EDUCATION
QUALITY STANDARDS
QUOTA SYSTEMS
READING
READING SKILLS
RELIABILITY
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL SYSTEM
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SCIENCE STUDY
SCORES
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
STUDENT ASSESSMENT
STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS
STUDENT LEARNING
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
STUDENT PERFORMANCE
STUDENT POPULATION
STUDENT RESPONSES
SUBJECT AREAS
SUBJECTS
TEACHER
TEACHER TRAINING
TEACHERS
TEACHING
TECHNICAL QUALITY
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
TERTIARY LEVEL
TEST DESIGN
TEST ITEM
TEST RESULTS
TEST SCORE
TEST SCORES
TEXTBOOKS
TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
TRANSPARENCY
UNIVERSITIES
UPPER SECONDARY
VALIDITY
Clarke, Marguerite
What Matters Most for Student Assessment Systems : A Framework Paper
relation Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) student assessment working paper;no. 1
description The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of what matters most for building a more effective student assessment system. The focus is on systems for assessing student learning and achievement at the primary and secondary levels. The paper extracts principles and guidelines from countries' experiences, professional testing standards, and the current research base. The goal is to provide national policy makers, education ministry officials, development organization staff, and other stakeholders with a framework and key indicators for diagnosis, discussion, and consensus building around how to construct a sound and sustainable student assessment system that will support improved education quality and learning for all.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Clarke, Marguerite
author_facet Clarke, Marguerite
author_sort Clarke, Marguerite
title What Matters Most for Student Assessment Systems : A Framework Paper
title_short What Matters Most for Student Assessment Systems : A Framework Paper
title_full What Matters Most for Student Assessment Systems : A Framework Paper
title_fullStr What Matters Most for Student Assessment Systems : A Framework Paper
title_full_unstemmed What Matters Most for Student Assessment Systems : A Framework Paper
title_sort what matters most for student assessment systems : a framework paper
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16238771/matters-most-student-assessment-systems-framework-paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17471
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