Liberman, JuliaClarke, Marguerite2014-03-282014-03-282012-07https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17476As more and more countries both developed and developing have become interested in collecting information on student learning, there has been a concomitant growth in the demand for strong student assessment systems. The World Bank is at the forefront of efforts to support developing countries in the strengthening of their student assessment systems. This paper provides an overview of the World Banks support for assessment activities in its client countries between 1998 and 2009. The paper highlights key lessons learned from this experience and offers guidance to development staff and country teams for the more effective design and implementation of assessment activities in education projects.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO QUALITY EDUCATIONASSESSMENT ACTIVITYASSESSMENT EXERCISEASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTSASSESSMENT MECHANISMSASSESSMENT TOOLSBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC EDUCATION DEVELOPMENTBASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMBASIC EDUCATION PROJECTBASIC EDUCATION SECTORCIVIL SOCIETYCLASSROOMCLASSROOM TEACHERCLASSROOMSCOMPLETION REPORTSCONTINUING EDUCATIONCURRICULUMDECISION MAKINGEDUCATION AIDEDUCATION ASSESSMENTEDUCATION COMMUNITYEDUCATION COMPONENTSEDUCATION EQUITYEDUCATION EXPERTSEDUCATION FOR ALLEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION PROJECTSEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION REHABILITATIONEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SECTOR DEVELOPMENTEDUCATION STRATEGYEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEDUCATIONAL RESEARCHELEMENTARY EDUCATIONEMERGENCY EDUCATIONEQUAL ACCESSEXTERNAL EXAMINATIONSFREE PRIMARY EDUCATIONGENERAL EDUCATIONGIRLSGLOBAL KNOWLEDGEHIGH SCHOOLHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION PROJECTHIGHER EDUCATION QUALITYHIGHER EDUCATION REFORMHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIESINTERVENTIONSKNOWLEDGE ECONOMYLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEARNING ASSESSMENTSLEARNING COMPETENCIESLEARNING GOALSLEARNING OUTCOMESLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIFELONG LEARNINGLITERACYMATHEMATICSMBAMINISTRIES OF EDUCATIONNATIONAL ASSESSMENTNATIONAL ASSESSMENT SYSTEMSNATIONAL EDUCATIONOUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDRENPAPERSPOST-LITERACYPOST-PRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENTPRIMARY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMPRIMARY EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTPRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAMPRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECTPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLSPROFICIENCYQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONREADINGRURAL AREASRURAL EDUCATIONSCHOOL EDUCATIONSCHOOL IMPROVEMENTSCHOOL SYSTEMSCHOOLSSCIENCE STUDYSECONDARY EDUCATIONSTANDARDIZED TESTSSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMSSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSSTUDENT CERTIFICATIONSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESSTUDENT PERFORMANCESTUDY TOURSTEACHER REPRESENTATIVESTEACHER TRAININGTEACHERSTEACHINGTERTIARY LEVELTEST SCORESUNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATIONUNIVERSITIESVOCATIONAL EDUCATION10.1596/17476