Description: Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia : Student Assessment

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Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia : Student Assessment

In 2001, FYR Macedonia embarked on a new education policy agenda. One of the goals of this agenda was to improve the country's student assessment system. In order to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing a...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCREDITATION ANNUAL GRADES ART SCHOOLS ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT EXERCISE ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM CANDIDATES CERTIFICATION CHILDREN START SCHOOL CHOICE ITEMS CHOICE QUESTIONS CLASSROOM CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION CLASSROOM TEACHERS CLASSROOMS COGNITIVE SKILLS COMPLETION RATE COURSES FOR TEACHERS CRITERIA FOR SELECTION CURRICULAR FRAMEWORK CURRICULUM CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT DATA ENTRY DATA PROCESSING DECISION MAKING DROPOUT RATES EDUCATION LEADERS EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION POLICY EDUCATION REFORMS EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIES EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EDUCATORS EFFECTIVE EDUCATION ELECTIVE SUBJECTS ELIGIBLE STUDENTS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT GROWTH ENROLLMENT EXAM EXAM PAPERS EXAMINATION CENTER EXAMINATION OFFICE EXAMINATION PROCESS EXAMINATION QUESTIONS EXAMINATION RESULTS EXAMINATION SESSION EXAMINATION SYSTEM EXAMINATIONS EXTERNAL EXAMINATION FINAL EXAM FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT GENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS GRADE INFLATION HIGH QUALITY TRAINING HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS HUMAN RESOURCES INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTRUCTION ITEM BANK ITEM BANKS LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING CONTEXTS LEARNING STANDARDS LIBRARIES LOWER PRIMARY TEACHERS MARKING PROCEDURES MARKING SCHEMES MARKS MATHEMATICS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MOTHER TONGUE MULTIPLE CHOICE MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS MULTIPLE-CHOICE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT NATIONAL CURRICULA NUMBER OF SCHOOLS NUMBER OF TEACHERS OFFICIAL CURRICULUM PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIMARY EDUCATION CYCLE PRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECT PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY TEACHERS PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS QUALITY OF TEACHING QUALITY STANDARDS QUALITY TRAINING RADIO REGULAR TRAINING REGULAR TRAINING COURSES RELIABILITY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL COMMITTEE SCHOOL COMMITTEES SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL PRINCIPALS SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOL YEARS SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT SCORES SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY EDUCATION COMPLETION SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SECURE STORAGE SOCIAL SCIENCES SPECIFICATION STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS STUDENT LEARNING STUDENT RESPONSES SUBJECT AREAS SUBJECT SPECIALIST SUBJECT SPECIALISTS SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT SYLLABI TEACHER TEACHER PERFORMANCE TEACHER SUPERVISION TEACHER TRAINING TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS TEACHER UNIONS TEACHING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL QUALITY TEST ADMINISTRATION TEST ADMINISTRATORS TEST DESIGN TEST ITEM TEXTBOOKS TRAINING COURSES TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING PROGRAMS TRANSPARENCY UNIVERSITIES UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMS UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS UNIVERSITY TRAINING VALIDITY VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/18100420/former-yugoslav-republic-macedonia-student-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17514

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Summary:	In 2001, FYR Macedonia embarked on a new education policy agenda. One of the goals of this agenda was to improve the country's student assessment system. In order to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, FYR Macedonia decided to benchmark this system using standardized tools developed under The World Bank's Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) program. SABER is an evidence-based program to help countries systematically examine and strengthen the performance of different aspects of their education systems. SABER-student assessment is a component of the SABER program that focuses specifically on benchmarking student assessment policies and systems. The goal of SABER-student assessment is to promote stronger assessment systems that contribute to improved education quality and learning for all. The importance of assessment is linked to its role in: providing information on levels of student learning and achievement in the system; monitoring trends in education quality over time; supporting educators and students with real-time information to improve teaching and learning; and holding stakeholders accountable for results. The SABER-student assessment framework is built on the available evidence base for what an effective assessment system looks like. The framework provides guidance on how countries can build more effective student assessment systems. The framework is structured around two main dimensions of assessment systems: the types/purposes of assessment activities and the quality of those activities. Assessment systems tend to be comprised of three main types of assessment activities, each of which serves a different purpose and addresses different information needs. These three main types are: classroom assessment, examinations, and large-scale, system level assessments. This report focuses specifically on policies in the area of student assessment.