Measuring Learning : How Effective Student Assessment Systems Can Help Achieve Learning for All

The importance of learning assessment is linked to growing evidence that learning drives prosperity. Research finds a one standard deviation increase in scores on international assessments of reading and mathematics is associated with a 2 percent point increase in annual growth rates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita (Hanushek and Woessmann, 2007). This brief includes the following headings: challenges to assessing student learning; what do assessment systems look like?; Effective assessment systems; and reference.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Clarke, Marguerite
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-02
Subjects:	ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY, ASSESSMENT SYSTEM, BENEFITS OF EDUCATION, BETTER LEARNING, CAREER, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOM LEARNING, CLASSROOMS, CURRICULUM, DECISION MAKING, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION AID, EDUCATION QUALITY, EDUCATION REFORM, EDUCATION STRATEGY, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL POLICY, EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES, EDUCATIONAL QUALITY, EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, EDUCATORS, EXAMS, EXIT EXAMINATION, EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS, HIGH SCHOOL, HUMAN RESOURCES, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES, INSTRUCTION, INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT, LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION, LEARNING, LEARNING GOALS, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LITERACY, MATHEMATICS, NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, READING, SCHOOLS, SCIENCE STUDY, STANDARDIZED TESTS, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUDENT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT, STUDENT POPULATION, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TEST SCORES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/02/15940684/measuring-learning-effective-student-assessment-systems-can-help-achieve-learning-all https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10058
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