Samoa Student Assessment : SABER Country Report 2014

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 improvededucation quality and learning for all. Samoa has focused on increasing student learningoutcomes by improving the quality of education in the country. An effective student assessment system is animportant component of efforts to improve education quality and learning outcomes because it provides the necessary information to meet stakeholders’ decision making needs. In order to gain a better understanding ofthe strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Samoa decided to benchmark this system usingstandardized tools developed under The World Bank’s Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)program. SABER is an evidence-based program to helpc ountries systematically examine and strengthen the performance of different aspects of their education systems.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Technical Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014-01
Subjects:	SKILLS, PRIMARY TEACHER, EMPLOYMENT, PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT, DATA PROCESSING, EFFECTIVE EDUCATION, EXAMINATION QUESTIONS, TEACHERS, FEEDBACK, ITEM BANKS, CERTIFICATE, STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES, STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS, EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, NUMERACY, TECHNICAL QUALITY, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, GROUPS, EXAMINATION SUPERVISORS, PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM, HEAD TEACHER, PAPERS, SUBJECT AREA, TRAINING PROGRAMS, EXAMS, EXAM, EXAMINATION, ADULT LITERACY RATE, LITERACY, TEXTBOOKS, EDUCATION MINISTERS, KNOWLEDGE, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, STUDENT INFORMATION, STUDENT RESPONSES, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, QUALITY OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, EDUCATION POLICIES, TEACHER TRAINING, EXAMINATION PROCESS, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, CANDIDATES, EXTERNAL MODERATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL, MODERATION, CHOICE QUESTIONS, SCHOOL CURRICULUM, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, OFFICIAL CURRICULUM, LEARNING, EDUCATION SYSTEM, RESEARCH, SELECTION, LEARNING RESOURCES, PRIMARY SCHOOL, MULTIPLE-CHOICE, PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES, TEACHING, PRIMARY CURRICULUM, NEWSPAPERS, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, EDUCATION SYSTEMS, STUDENT ASSESSMENT, SPORTS, RELIABILITY, NATIONAL ASSESSMENT, TEACHER EDUCATION, SCIENCE, STUDENT, SCHOOLS, SCORES, PARTICIPATION, LEARNING OUTCOMES, STUDENT PERFORMANCE, QUALITY STANDARDS, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, EXAMINATIONS, CLASSROOM LEVEL, YOUTH, DECISION MAKING, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, STAFF SALARIES, CURRICULUM, TEACHER, EXAMINATION PAPERS, CHILDREN, EDUCATION, CLASSROOM TEACHERS, INVESTMENT, UNIVERSITY TEACHERS, TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, EVALUATION, HUMAN RESOURCES, PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, EXAMINATION SCORES, EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT, INSTRUCTION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT, UNIVERSITY, STUDENTS, ASSESSMENT MATERIALS, TRAINING RESOURCES, SECONDARY LEVEL, COMMUNICATION, LEADERSHIP, INTERVENTIONS, FEES, PRIMARY EDUCATION, ENROLMENT RATIO, CERTIFICATION, CLASSROOM, CLASSROOMS, EXAMINATION DESIGN, SCHOOL, ADULT LITERACY, SECONDARY EDUCATION, STUDENT LEARNING, ASSESSMENT SYSTEM, ACADEMIC YEAR, ASSESSMENT, UNIVERSITIES, STUDENT GROUPS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/05/26374601/samoa-student-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24467
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