What is a culture of testing? High-stakes exams often determine learners’ futures: transition, graduation, entrance to higher education, to better schools, or to better jobs. In some cases, the stakes are so high that examinations can dominate thinking about the
Despite having a high enrollment, children continue to struggle with basic arithmetic and language skills. Study shows, although around 95 per cent of Indian children in the age group of six to fourteen are enrolled in schools, hardly half of
On September 23, 2015, the Ministry of Education in South Korea adopted the National Guidelines of the 2015 Revised National Curriculum. The new national curriculum will be fully implemented by the year 2020, and the key objective of the new
Recognizing the importance of capacity development, NEQMAP devotes significant attention to activities which aim to enhance the institutional capacity of the countries in the region in regard to learning assessment. Towards this end, NEQMAP has been organizing a series of
1. The Impact of Large-Scale Learning Assessments on Education Policy and Practice A systematic review on the impact of large-scale learning assessment on policy and practice in the Asia-Pacific was conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), a
In Washington DC in early April, UNESCO Bangkok Programme Specialist Ramya Vivekanandan participated in a panel at the Brookings Institution’s annual research and policy symposium on “Skills for a Changing World”, which focused on the acknowledged trend in education toward a more explicit
Why Competency-based Assessment in Education in Bhutan? The school curriculum has high stakes for the nation’s state of peace and prosperity, because the quality of curriculum has a direct impact on the quality of learning in schools. The curriculum per
Grade Six National Student Assessment Results A standardized student assessment is an integral part of evaluating the education system of a country and for making comparisons at the international level. In Cambodia, the standardized student assessment, though still a new
