Clarke, Marguerite2012-08-132012-08-132012-02https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10058The 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.CC BY 3.0 IGOASSESSMENT ACTIVITYASSESSMENT SYSTEMBENEFITS OF EDUCATIONBETTER LEARNINGCAREERCLASSROOMCLASSROOM LEARNINGCLASSROOMSCURRICULUMDECISION MAKINGDISADVANTAGED GROUPSECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATION AIDEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION STRATEGYEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL POLICYEDUCATIONAL PRACTICESEDUCATIONAL QUALITYEDUCATIONAL RESEARCHEDUCATORSEXAMSEXIT EXAMINATIONEXTERNAL EXAMINATIONSHIGH SCHOOLHUMAN RESOURCESINNOVATIVE APPROACHESINSTRUCTIONINTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENTLANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONLEARNINGLEARNING GOALSLEARNING OUTCOMESLITERACYMATHEMATICSNATIONAL ASSESSMENTSPROFESSIONAL STANDARDSQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREADINGSCHOOLSSCIENCE STUDYSTANDARDIZED TESTSSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMSSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESSTUDENT PERFORMANCESTUDENT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTSTUDENT POPULATIONTEACHERSTEACHINGTEST SCORESWorld Bank10.1596/10058