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 p...

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Main Author:	Clarke, Marguerite
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10058

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Summary:	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.

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

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