Description: Disseminating and Using Student Assessment Information in Russia

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Disseminating and Using Student Assessment Information in Russia

This case study examines how the Russian Federation disseminates and uses information from its student assessment system, drawing lessons for other countries seeking to more effectively use their own assessment data. Russia's Unified State Exa...

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Main Author:	Tyumeneva, Yulia
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ACADEMIC YEAR ACCREDITATION APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKS ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS ASSESSMENT SYSTEM BASIC EDUCATION BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM BASIC PRINCIPLES CAREERS CHOICE QUESTIONS CIVIC EDUCATION CLASS DISCUSSIONS CLASSROOM COGNITIVE SKILLS COMPARATIVE EDUCATION COMPULSORY SUBJECTS CURRICULA CURRICULUM CURRICULUM FOR TEACHERS DECISION MAKING DEGREES EDUCATION AID EDUCATION ASSESSMENT EDUCATION OFFICES EDUCATION OFFICIALS EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION QUALITY EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION STANDARDS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATIONAL GOALS EDUCATIONAL PATHS EDUCATIONAL POLICY EDUCATIONAL QUALITY EDUCATIONAL REFORM EDUCATIONAL REFORMS EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS EDUCATORS EFFECT ON STUDENT LEARNING ELEMENTS EXAM EXAMINATION CONTENT EXAMINATION PAPERS EXAMINATION RESULTS EXAMINATION SCORES EXAMS FINAL EXAMINATIONS FUTURE STUDENTS GLOBAL MARKET GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION GRADUATE STUDENTS HIGH SCHOOL HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER ORDER THINKING SKILLS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTRUCTION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES LEARNING STANDARDS LITERACY LITERACY SKILLS MASS MEDIA MATHEMATICS MINISTRIES OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MODERN EDUCATION MULTIPLE CHOICE NATIONAL CURRICULUM NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS NATURAL SCIENCES NUMBER OF STUDENTS OLD STUDENTS OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PEDAGOGY PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS PRACTICAL WORK PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY PURPOSE PROBLEM SOLVING QUALITY EDUCATION QUALITY OF EDUCATION READING REGIONAL REPORTS RESEARCH CENTERS RESEARCH FINDINGS RESEARCH UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS RURAL SCHOOLS SCHOOL CURRICULA SCHOOL DIRECTORS SCHOOL LEVEL SCHOOL LOCATION SCHOOL QUALITY SCHOOL RESULTS SCHOOL SYSTEM SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SCIENCE STUDY SCIENCE TOPICS SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATION SECONDARY SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SECONDARY SCHOOLS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH SOCIAL STUDIES STATISTICAL ANALYSES STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT CERTIFICATION STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE STUDENT PREPARATION STUDENT SELECTION SUBJECT AREA SUBJECT AREAS SYSTEMATIC FEEDBACK TEACHER TEACHER EVALUATION TEACHER TRAINING TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTES TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHING AIDS TERTIARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TEST RESULTS TEST SCORE TEST SCORES TEST VERSIONS TEXTBOOK TEXTBOOK DEVELOPMENT TEXTBOOKS TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSPARENCY UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE VALIDITY YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18267423/disseminating-using-student-assessment-information-russia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16276

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Summary:	This case study examines how the Russian Federation disseminates and uses information from its student assessment system, drawing lessons for other countries seeking to more effectively use their own assessment data. Russia's Unified State Examination (USE) is primarily used for student selection and certification purposes, but a variety of other uses have been attached to it, including informing pedagogy, ensuring accountability, and monitoring education quality. This variety of uses has had both positive and negative consequences for the school system. Information from international large scale assessments, for example, Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) has been widely used to introduce reforms in the school system. Factors that have affected the differential use of USE and international large scale assessment data include, among others, the purpose of a given assessment, its design features and level of credibility, and access to the assessment database. This paper is organized as follows: section one gives introduction; section two discusses the uses of student assessment information generated by the USE; section three describes the uses of international large scale assessment data to introduce educational reforms in Russia; and section four concludes with lessons regarding factors that impede or facilitate the effective use of student assessment to improve educational quality.