Assessment Testing Can Be Used to Inform Policy Decisions : The Case of Jordan

Over the past two decades, the Jordanian education system has made significant advances. Net enrollment in basic education increased from 89 percent in 2000 to 97 percent in 2006. Transition rates to secondary education increased from 63 to 79 perc...

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Main Authors:	Abdul-Hamid, Husein, Abu-Lebdeh, Khattab M., Patrinos, Harry Anthony
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES ASSESSMENT TOOLS BASIC EDUCATION CALL CLASSROOM CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION CURRICULA CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION INITIATIVES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS EDUCATIONAL OUTPUTS EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL REFORMS EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION EXAMS FEMALE STUDENTS GIRLS HOMEWORK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL STUDIES KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR MARKETS LABOUR FORCE LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LITERATURE LOWER SECONDARY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS NET ENROLLMENT OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRIMARY CYCLE PROBLEM SOLVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SCHOOL QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION READING REFORM EDUCATION RESEARCHERS SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOLING SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SCIENCE STUDY SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS STUDY TOURS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER GUIDES TEACHER MORALE TEACHER QUALIFICATION TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TEACHER RATIO TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEST ADMINISTRATION TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS UPPER SECONDARY
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spelling	okr-10986-36582021-04-23T14:02:11Z Assessment Testing Can Be Used to Inform Policy Decisions : The Case of Jordan Abdul-Hamid, Husein Abu-Lebdeh, Khattab M. Patrinos, Harry Anthony ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES ASSESSMENT TOOLS BASIC EDUCATION CALL CLASSROOM CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION CURRICULA CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION INITIATIVES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS EDUCATIONAL OUTPUTS EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL REFORMS EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION EXAMS FEMALE STUDENTS GIRLS HOMEWORK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL STUDIES KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR MARKETS LABOUR FORCE LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LITERATURE LOWER SECONDARY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS NET ENROLLMENT OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRIMARY CYCLE PROBLEM SOLVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SCHOOL QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION READING REFORM EDUCATION RESEARCHERS SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOLING SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SCIENCE STUDY SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS STUDY TOURS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER GUIDES TEACHER MORALE TEACHER QUALIFICATION TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TEACHER RATIO TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEST ADMINISTRATION TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS UPPER SECONDARY Over the past two decades, the Jordanian education system has made significant advances. Net enrollment in basic education increased from 89 percent in 2000 to 97 percent in 2006. Transition rates to secondary education increased from 63 to 79 percent in the same period. At the same time, Jordan made significant gains on international surveys of student achievement, with a particularly impressive gain of almost 30 points on the science portion of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. Changes in test scores over time are presented and analyzed using decomposition analysis. The trends are related to policy changes over time. It is argued that benchmarking education systems and constant feedback between researchers and policymakers contributed to this achievement. 2012-03-19T18:06:21Z 2012-03-19T18:06:21Z 2011-12-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111201145321 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3658 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5890 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Middle East and North Africa Jordan
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topic	ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES ASSESSMENT TOOLS BASIC EDUCATION CALL CLASSROOM CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION CURRICULA CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION INITIATIVES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS EDUCATIONAL OUTPUTS EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL REFORMS EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION EXAMS FEMALE STUDENTS GIRLS HOMEWORK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL STUDIES KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR MARKETS LABOUR FORCE LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LITERATURE LOWER SECONDARY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS NET ENROLLMENT OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRIMARY CYCLE PROBLEM SOLVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SCHOOL QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION READING REFORM EDUCATION RESEARCHERS SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOLING SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SCIENCE STUDY SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS STUDY TOURS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER GUIDES TEACHER MORALE TEACHER QUALIFICATION TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TEACHER RATIO TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEST ADMINISTRATION TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS UPPER SECONDARY
spellingShingle	ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES ASSESSMENT TOOLS BASIC EDUCATION CALL CLASSROOM CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION COGNITIVE ACHIEVEMENT COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION CURRICULA CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION EDUCATION INITIATIVES EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL INPUTS EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS EDUCATIONAL OUTPUTS EDUCATIONAL PERFORMANCE EDUCATIONAL POLICIES EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS EDUCATIONAL REFORMS EFFECTIVENESS OF EDUCATION EXAMS FEMALE STUDENTS GIRLS HOMEWORK HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL STUDIES KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY LABOR MARKETS LABOUR FORCE LEARNING LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT LEARNING OUTCOMES LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LITERATURE LOWER SECONDARY MINISTRY OF EDUCATION NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS NET ENROLLMENT OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS PRIMARY CYCLE PROBLEM SOLVING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC SCHOOL QUALITY OF EDUCATION QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION READING REFORM EDUCATION RESEARCHERS SCHOOL CLIMATE SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL SIZE SCHOOLING SCHOOLING QUALITY SCHOOLS SCIENCE STUDY SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENTS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT-TEACHER RATIO STUDENTS IN MATHEMATICS STUDY TOURS SUBJECTS TEACHER TEACHER GUIDES TEACHER MORALE TEACHER QUALIFICATION TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS TEACHER RATIO TEACHER TRAINING TEACHERS TEACHING TEST ADMINISTRATION TEST SCORES TEXTBOOKS UPPER SECONDARY Abdul-Hamid, Husein Abu-Lebdeh, Khattab M. Patrinos, Harry Anthony Assessment Testing Can Be Used to Inform Policy Decisions : The Case of Jordan
geographic_facet	Middle East and North Africa Jordan
relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5890
description	Over the past two decades, the Jordanian education system has made significant advances. Net enrollment in basic education increased from 89 percent in 2000 to 97 percent in 2006. Transition rates to secondary education increased from 63 to 79 percent in the same period. At the same time, Jordan made significant gains on international surveys of student achievement, with a particularly impressive gain of almost 30 points on the science portion of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study. Changes in test scores over time are presented and analyzed using decomposition analysis. The trends are related to policy changes over time. It is argued that benchmarking education systems and constant feedback between researchers and policymakers contributed to this achievement.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Abdul-Hamid, Husein Abu-Lebdeh, Khattab M. Patrinos, Harry Anthony
author_facet	Abdul-Hamid, Husein Abu-Lebdeh, Khattab M. Patrinos, Harry Anthony
author_sort	Abdul-Hamid, Husein
title	Assessment Testing Can Be Used to Inform Policy Decisions : The Case of Jordan
title_short	Assessment Testing Can Be Used to Inform Policy Decisions : The Case of Jordan
title_full	Assessment Testing Can Be Used to Inform Policy Decisions : The Case of Jordan
title_fullStr	Assessment Testing Can Be Used to Inform Policy Decisions : The Case of Jordan
title_full_unstemmed	Assessment Testing Can Be Used to Inform Policy Decisions : The Case of Jordan
title_sort	assessment testing can be used to inform policy decisions : the case of jordan
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111201145321 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3658
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