World Bank Group2015-11-172015-11-172009-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22995In 2009, Ethiopia joined the Russia Education Aid for Development (READ) trust fund program, the goal of which is to help countries improve their capacity to design, carry out, analyze, and use assessments for improved student learning. As part of the READ trust fund program, and in order to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Ethiopia participated in a formal exercise to benchmark this system 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. 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 and purposes of assessment activities and the quality of those activities.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOEDUCATIONACHIEVEMENTASSESSMENT SYSTEMEXAMINATIONSCLASSROOMTEACHERSEDUCATION SYSTEMTEACHERTRAININGNATIONALEXAMINATIONSYOUTHFEEDBACKSKILLSREGULAR CURRICULUMUNIVERSITIESCHILDRENCHOICEQUESTIONSKNOWLEDGECURRICULUMDEVELOPMENTSCHOOLIMPROVEMENTPROGRAMREGIONAL EDUCATIONCLASSROOMHUMAN RESOURCESSTUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMSHIGHEREDUCATIONCERTIFICATIONEXAMSELECTIONSCHOOLSSCIENCEHUMANRESOURCESREGISTRATIONCLASSROOMSEXAMINATIONOFFICECURRICULUM MATERIALSCOMPLETION RATESMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONPRIMARY COMPLETION RATESPARTICIPATIONOFFICIAL CURRICULUMEDUCATIONSYSTEMSSCHOOL CERTIFICATESTUDENTSTEACHINGTEACHER TRAININGPROFESSIONALSTANDARDSPRIMARY SCHOOLEDUCATION SECTORLEARNINGOUTCOMESWRITINGASSESSMENTSYSTEMEDUCATION POLICIESSECONDARY EDUCATIONTEACHER TRAININGDATA PROCESSINGMULTIPLE CHOICECURRICULUMEXAMINATION OFFICEPRIMARY EDUCATIONEXAMINATIONPROCESSSTUDENTASSESSMENTENROLMENTRATESNATIONAL EXAMINATIONSPRIMARY STUDENTSCURRICULUMMATERIALSINSTRUCTIONSECONDARYSCHOOLEDUCATION SYSTEMSFEESLEARNINGSTANDARDSHIGHͲQUALITYEXAMINATIONSGIRLSLEARNING ASSESSMENTSREGIONALEDUCATIONRESEARCHASSESSMENTQUALITY OF EDUCATIONEDUCATIONPROJECTSSCHOOLMOTHER TONGUESKILLSTRAININGPRIMARYSCHOOLEDUCATIONSYSTEMQUALITYSTANDARDSQUALITYCONTROLBASICREADINGVOCATIONAL EDUCATIONSTUDENTLEARNINGENTRANCE EXAMINATIONSSTUDENTLEARNINGOUTCOMESDECISION MAKINGSCORESSTUDENTUNIVERSITYCERTIFICATELEARNINGTRAININGEFFECTIVE EDUCATIONSTUDENT ASSESSMENTTEACHERTEACHERSASSESSMENT ASSESSMENTEXAMINATIONLEADERSHIPGENERAL EDUCATIONPROBLEMͲSOLVING SKILLSPRIMARY COMPLETIONSTUDENT LEARNINGREGISTRATION FEESEXAMINATION RESULTSPRIMARY EDUCATIONCOLLEGESEXAMINATIONRESULTSGROUPSHIGHER EDUCATIONREADINGMULTIPLEͲCHOICETECHNICALQUALITYENROLLMENTINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYSCHOOLINGSTUDENT RESPONSESReportWorld Bank10.1596/22995