What are students learning? Throughout the world, governments
striving to improve educational quality are turning to national
assessments to provide this much-needed information in key curriculum
areas. The capacity for carrying out national assessments has grown
remarkably in recent years, but it has not been matched by widespread
use of their findings. This book seeks to maximize an appreciation for
the value of such data and to assist countries in exploiting the
knowledge that national assessments yield.
Using the Results of a National Assessment of Educational
Achievement identifies the main factors affecting the use of
national assessment findings. These include the political context in
which an assessment is carried out, the nature of the assessment
(census based or sample based), the assignment of accountability for
the results, and the quality of assessment instruments. The book
describes the type of information that the main report of a national
assessment should contain, as well as other means of communicating
findings to technical and nontechnical audiences. It outlines general
considerations in translating national assessment results into policy
and action, and examines specific procedures for using the data in
policy making, educational management, teaching, and promoting public
awareness.
The topics addressed in this volume should be of interest to policy
makers, educators, researchers, and development practitioners.
National Assessments of Educational Achievement
Effective assessment of the performance of educational systems is a
key component in developing policies to optimize the development of
human capital around the world. The five books in the National
Assessments of Educational Achievement series introduce key concepts in
national assessments of student achievement levels, from policy issues
to address when designing and carrying out assessments through test
development, questionnaire design, sampling, organizing and carrying
out data collection, data cleaning, statistical analysis, report
writing, and using results to improve educational quality.
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