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

dc.creator	Clarke, Marguerite
dc.date	2012-08-13T10:17:49Z
dc.date	2012-08-13T10:17:49Z
dc.date	2012-02
dc.date.accessioned	2016-03-27T23:29:32Z
dc.date.available	2016-03-27T23:29:32Z
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10058
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/10986/10058
dc.description	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.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation	Education Notes
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 Unported
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY
dc.subject	ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
dc.subject	BENEFITS OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	BETTER LEARNING
dc.subject	CAREER
dc.subject	CLASSROOM
dc.subject	CLASSROOM LEARNING
dc.subject	CLASSROOMS
dc.subject	CURRICULUM
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	EDUCATION AID
dc.subject	EDUCATION QUALITY
dc.subject	EDUCATION REFORM
dc.subject	EDUCATION STRATEGY
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	EDUCATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL POLICY
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL QUALITY
dc.subject	EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
dc.subject	EDUCATORS
dc.subject	EXAMS
dc.subject	EXIT EXAMINATION
dc.subject	EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS
dc.subject	HIGH SCHOOL
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject	INNOVATIVE APPROACHES
dc.subject	INSTRUCTION
dc.subject	INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
dc.subject	LEARNING
dc.subject	LEARNING GOALS
dc.subject	LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject	LITERACY
dc.subject	MATHEMATICS
dc.subject	NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS
dc.subject	PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS
dc.subject	QUALITY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	READING
dc.subject	SCHOOLS
dc.subject	SCIENCE STUDY
dc.subject	STANDARDIZED TESTS
dc.subject	STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
dc.subject	STUDENT ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS
dc.subject	STUDENT LEARNING
dc.subject	STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subject	STUDENT PERFORMANCE
dc.subject	STUDENT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	STUDENT POPULATION
dc.subject	TEACHERS
dc.subject	TEACHING
dc.subject	TEST SCORES
dc.title	Measuring Learning : How Effective Student Assessment Systems Can Help Achieve Learning for All
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Brief
dc.type	Publications & Research