Obeidat, OsamhaDawani, Zaina2014-12-312014-12-312014https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21043Student assessment has been increasingly recognized as playing a key role in monitoring and improving student learning and achievement levels. This case study discusses the important steps that Jordan has taken to strengthen its student assessment system and ensure that the information gathered from classroom assessments, examinations, and large-scale assessment activities supports student learning. Countries seeking to strengthen the utilization and dissemination of student assessment data can extract the following lessons from Jordan's experience: they should (i) set clear objectives for their assessment system, based on a well-defined vision of what is being assessed and why; (ii) entrust an external entity with managing system-level assessments in order to ensure impartial evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the education system; and (iii) introduce change gradually, coupled with adequate training on new assessment strategies and methods.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC SKILLSACCESS TO KNOWLEDGEACHIEVEMENT TESTSADMISSION CRITERIAASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKASSESSMENT GUIDELINESASSESSMENT METHODSASSESSMENT STRATEGIESASSESSMENT SYSTEMASSESSMENT TOOLSASSOCIATE PROFESSORBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC EDUCATION CYCLEBENEFITS OF EDUCATIONBOARD OF EDUCATIONCALLCLASS TEACHERSCLASSROOMCLASSROOM LEVELCLASSROOMSCOGNITIVE SKILLSCOMMUNITY COLLEGESCOMPUTER SCIENCECRITICAL THINKINGCROWDED CLASSROOMSCURRICULACURRICULAR REFORMCURRICULUMCURRICULUM REFORMCURRICULUM REVISIONDECISION MAKINGDEGREE IN EDUCATIONEARLY CHILDHOODEARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATIONEARLY GRADESEDUCATED POPULATIONEDUCATED WORKFORCEEDUCATION AIDEDUCATION COMMUNITYEDUCATION CYCLEEDUCATION DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION DIRECTORATESEDUCATION INDICATORSEDUCATION LEADERSEDUCATION LEVELEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION POLICIESEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION PROJECTSEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION REFORMSEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATION TEACHERSEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL POLICIESEDUCATIONAL PROGRESSEDUCATIONAL REFORMSEDUCATIONAL RESEARCHEDUCATORSELEMENTSEMPLOYMENTENROLLMENT RATESEXAMEXAMSFEMALE STUDENTSFEMALE TEACHERSFINAL GRADEFOUNDATION SKILLSGENDER BIASGENDER DIFFERENCESGENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATIONGIRLSGIRLS SCHOOLSGLOBAL KNOWLEDGEGRADE LEVELSGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATEHEAD TEACHERSHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHOME ECONOMICSHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESIMPACT OF EDUCATIONIN SERVICE TEACHER TRAININGINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINSERVICE TEACHER TRAININGINSTRUCTIONINTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENTINTERVENTIONSKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEARNING ENVIRONMENTSLEARNING OUTCOMESLEARNING PROCESSLETLIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACYLITERATUREMANUALSMATHEMATICS SKILLSMINISTERS OF EDUCATIONMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMOBILITYNATIONAL ASSESSMENTNATIONAL ASSESSMENTSNATIONAL LIBRARYNET ENROLLMENTNET ENROLLMENT RATENONFORMAL EDUCATIONPAPERSPEDAGOGICAL METHODSPEDAGOGICAL PRACTICESPEDAGOGICAL USEPEDAGOGYPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPERFORMANCE OF STUDENTSPOLICY BRIEFSPRIVATE EDUCATIONPRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSPRIVATE INSTITUTIONSPRIVATE UNIVERSITIESPROBLEM SOLVINGPUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLSPUBLIC UNIVERSITIESQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY OF TEACHINGREADINGREASONINGRESEARCHERSSCHOLARSHIPSSCHOOL BUILDINGSSCHOOL COMMUNITYSCHOOL DISCIPLINESCHOOL DISTRICTSCHOOL ENVIRONMENTSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL LOCATIONSCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESSSCHOOL PERFORMANCESCHOOL POPULATIONSCHOOL PRINCIPALSSCHOOL STUDENTSSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOL YEARSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSCIENCE STUDYSCIENCE TEACHERSSCIENTIFIC RESEARCHSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL STUDIESSOCIAL WELFARESTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT AIDSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMSSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSSTUDENT INTERESTSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESSTUDENT LEARNING PROBLEMSSTUDENT PARTICIPATIONSTUDENT PERFORMANCESTUDENT SCORESSTUDENTS IN MATHEMATICSSUBJECT AREASTEACHERTEACHER ASSOCIATIONSTEACHER MOTIVATIONTEACHER SUPERVISIONTEACHER TRAININGTEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMSTEACHERSTEACHING PROCESSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL SPECIALISTSTEXTBOOKTEXTBOOKSTRAINING CENTERSTRAINING PROGRAMSTRAINING TO TEACHERSUNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITY PROFESSORSUNIVERSITY PROGRAMSURBAN SCHOOLSVISITS TO SCHOOLSVOCATIONAL TRAININGWORKFORCE DEVELOPMENTDisseminating and Using Student Assessment Information in Jordan10.1596/21043