Punjab Province, Pakistan Student Assessment : SABER Country Report 2012

In 2012, Punjab Province, Pakistan joined the Russia Education Aid for Development (READ) trust fund program, the goal of which is to help countries improve their capacity to design, carry out, analyze, and use assessments for improved student learning. As part of the READ trust fund program, and in order to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Tajikistan participated in a formal exercise to benchmark its student assessment system under The World Bank's Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) program. SABER is an evidence-based program to help countries systematically examine and strengthen the performance of different aspects of their education systems. SABER-student assessment is a component of the SABER program that focuses specifically on benchmarking student assessment policies and systems. The goal of SABER-student assessment is to promote stronger assessment systems that contribute to improved education quality and learning for all. The importance of assessment is linked to its role in: providing information on levels of student learning and achievement in the system; monitoring trends in education quality over time; supporting educators and students with real-time information to improve teaching and learning; and holding stakeholders accountable for results. The SABER-student assessment framework is built on the available evidence base for what an effective assessment system looks like. The framework provides guidance on how countries can build more effective student assessment systems. The framework is structured around two main dimensions of assessment systems: the types/purposes of assessment activities and the quality of those activities. Assessment systems tend to be comprised of three main types of assessment activities, each of which serves a different purpose and addresses different information needs. These three main types are: classroom assessment, examinations, and large scale, system level assessments. This report focuses specifically on policies in the area of student assessment.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS, ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY, ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT, ASSESSMENT EXERCISE, ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK, ASSESSMENT SYSTEM, CANDIDATES, CERTIFICATION, CHOICE QUESTION, CHOICE QUESTIONS, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES, CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION, CLASSROOM TEACHERS, CLASSROOMS, COLLEGES, COMPETENCIES, CURRICULUM, CURRICULUM AUTHORITY, DATA ENTRY, DATA PROCESSING, DECISION MAKING, DISTRICT EDUCATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATION ACT, EDUCATION ASSESSMENT, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, EDUCATION OFFICIALS, EDUCATION POLICIES, EDUCATION POLICY, EDUCATION PROJECTS, EDUCATION SECTOR, EDUCATION SYSTEM, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATORS, EFFECTIVE EDUCATION, ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, ENROLLMENT FIGURES, ENROLLMENT RATES, EXAM BOARDS, EXAM QUESTIONS, EXAMINATION BOARD, EXAMINATION COMMISSION, EXAMINATION DESIGN, EXAMINATION OFFICE, EXAMINATION PAPER, EXAMINATION PAPERS, EXAMINATION PROCESS, EXAMINATION QUESTIONS, EXAMINATION RESULTS, EXAMINATION SYSTEM, EXAMINATIONS, EXAMS, EXTERNAL EXAMINATION, GIRLS, HIGHER EDUCATION, HUMAN RESOURCES, IMPERSONATION, INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTRUCTION, INTERMEDIATE EDUCATION, LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION, LEADERSHIP, LEAKAGE, LEARNING OUTCOME, LEARNING OUTCOMES, LEARNING STANDARDS, LESSON PLANS, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LEVEL OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, LIBRARIES, LOW ENROLLMENT RATES, MARKER, MARKS, MIDDLE SCHOOL, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MULTIPLE CHOICE, MULTIPLE-CHOICE, NATIONAL ASSESSMENT, NATIONAL CURRICULA, NATIONAL CURRICULUM, NATIONAL EDUCATION, NATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY, NET ENROLLMENT, OFFICIAL CURRICULUM, PAPER SETTERS, PRIMARY NET ENROLLMENT RATE, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, PROVINCIAL EDUCATION, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, QUALITY STANDARDS, QUESTION PAPERS, RECRUITMENT OF TEACHERS, REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE, REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF STUDENTS, RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT, RETIRED TEACHERS, RURAL AREAS, SCHOLARSHIPS, SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAM, SCHOOL DISTRICT, SCHOOL EDUCATION, SCHOOL PARTICIPATION, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, SCHOOLS, SCORES, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SECONDARY LEVEL, SECONDARY SCHOOL, SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE, SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION, STAFF DEVELOPMENT, STANDARDS OF EDUCATION, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS, STUDENT ATTAINMENT, STUDENT FEES, STUDENT GROUPS, STUDENT LEARNING, STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, STUDENT REPORTS, STUDENT RESPONSES, SUBJECT AREAS, SUBJECTS, TEACHER, TEACHER EDUCATION, TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, TEACHER EDUCATORS, TEACHER PERFORMANCE, TEACHER SUPERVISION, TEACHER TRAINING, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL QUALITY, TEST DESIGN, TEST RESULTS, TEXTBOOK, TEXTBOOKS, TRAINING COURSES, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, TRAINING RESOURCES, UNFAIR MEANS, UNIVERSITIES, YOUTH,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/20137633/saber-student-assessment-country-report-punjab-province-pakistan-2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20172
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