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

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2012-02
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2012-02
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Clarke, Marguerite
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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.
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Clarke, Marguerite. 2012. Measuring Learning : How Effective Student Assessment Systems Can Help Achieve Learning for All. Education Notes. © World Bank, Washington, DC. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10058 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
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