World Bank2014-03-312014-03-312012-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17512Serbia has focused on increasing student learning outcomes by improving the quality of education in the country. An effective student assessment system is an important component to improving education quality and learning outcomes as it provides the necessary information to meet stakeholders' decision-making needs. In order to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, Serbia decided to benchmark this system using standardized tools developed 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. SABER-student assessment is a component of the SABER program that focuses specifically on benchmarking student assessment policies and systems. The goal of SABER-student assessment is to promote stronger assessment systems that contribute to improved education quality and learning for all. The importance of assessment is linked to its role in: providing information on levels of student learning and achievement in the system; monitoring trends in education quality over time; supporting educators and students with real-time information to improve teaching and learning; and holding stakeholders accountable for results. 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/purposes of assessment activities and the quality of those activities. Assessment systems tend to be comprised of three main types of assessment activities, each of which serves a different purpose and addresses different information needs. These three main types are: classroom assessment, examinations, and large scale, system level assessments. This report focuses specifically on policies in the area of student assessment.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACADEMIC YEARACADEMIC YEARSACCREDITATIONACHIEVEMENT STANDARDSASSESSMENT ACTIVITYASSESSMENT ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT EXERCISEASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKASSESSMENT SYSTEMCANDIDATESCERTIFICATIONCHOICE QUESTIONSCLASS WORKCLASSROOMCLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONCLASSROOM TEACHINGCLASSROOMSCOMPETENCIESCOMPLETION RATECORE CURRICULUMCOURSE EVALUATIONCOURSES FOR TEACHERSCURRICULACURRICULAR FRAMEWORKCURRICULUMCURRICULUM GUIDELINESDATA ENTRYDATA PROCESSINGDECISION MAKINGEDUCATION ADMINISTRATIONEDUCATION MANAGEMENTEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION SPECIALISTSEDUCATION STANDARDSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGYEDUCATIONAL STANDARDSEDUCATORSEFFECTIVE EDUCATIONELEMENTARY EDUCATIONELEMENTARY SCHOOLELIGIBLE STUDENTSEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESEND OF GRADEEXAMEXAM PAPERSEXAM SCOREEXAM SCORESEXAMINATION DESIGNEXAMINATION OFFICEEXAMINATION PROCESSEXAMINATION QUESTIONSEXAMINATION RESULTSEXAMINATION SYSTEMEXAMINATIONSEXAMSEXTERNAL EXAMINATIONFINAL EXAMFIRST GRADEFORMATIVE ASSESSMENTGRADE INFLATIONGRADUATE PROGRAMSGROSS ENROLLMENTGROSS ENROLLMENT RATEHUMAN RESOURCESINFORMATION SYSTEMSINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTRUCTIONINTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONLEADERSHIPLEARNING CONTEXTSLEARNING DIFFICULTIESLEARNING OUTCOMESLEARNING STANDARDSLEVEL OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTLITERATURELIVING CONDITIONSMARKSMATHEMATICSMEDICAL SCHOOLSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMINORITY LANGUAGESMOTHER TONGUEMULTIPLE CHOICEMULTIPLE-CHOICENATIONAL ASSESSMENTNATIONAL ASSESSMENTSNATIONAL EDUCATION COUNCILNATIONAL SCHOOLNATIONAL SCHOOL CURRICULUMNATIONAL TESTINGOFFICIAL CURRICULUMOUTCOMES OF EDUCATIONPAPERSPRESCHOOL TEACHERSPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOL COMPLETIONPRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLSPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAININGPROFESSIONAL STANDARDSPROFESSORSPUBLIC SCHOOLQUALITY ASSURANCEQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY STANDARDSRADIORE-TAKEREADINGRELIABILITYREPRESENTATIVE SAMPLEREPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE OF STUDENTSRESEARCH DEVELOPMENTSCHOOL ACHIEVEMENTSCHOOL CONDITIONSCHOOL CURRICULUMSCHOOL INSPECTORSSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL STAFFSCHOOL YEARSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERSSECONDARY SCHOOLSSECURE STORAGESPECIAL NEEDSSPORTSSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMSSTUDENT GROUPSSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESSTUDENT PERFORMANCESTUDENT POPULATIONSSTUDENT RESPONSESSTUDENT SELECTIONSUBJECT AREASSUBJECT SPECIALISTSSUBJECTSTEACHERTEACHER COMPETENCIESTEACHER SUPERVISIONTEACHER TRAININGTEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMSTEACHER UNIONSTEACHERSTEACHINGTECHNICAL QUALITYTEST ADMINISTRATIONTEST ADMINISTRATORSTEST DEVELOPMENTTEXTBOOKSTRAINING PROGRAMSUNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITY STAFFUNIVERSITY STUDENTSVALIDITY10.1596/17512