World Bank2014-03-312014-03-312012-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17514In 2001, FYR Macedonia embarked on a new education policy agenda. One of the goals of this agenda was to improve the country's student assessment system. In order to gain a better understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system, FYR Macedonia 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 IGOACCREDITATIONANNUAL GRADESART SCHOOLSASSESSMENT ACTIVITYASSESSMENT ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT EXERCISEASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKASSESSMENT SYSTEMCANDIDATESCERTIFICATIONCHILDREN START SCHOOLCHOICE ITEMSCHOICE QUESTIONSCLASSROOMCLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONCLASSROOM TEACHERSCLASSROOMSCOGNITIVE SKILLSCOMPLETION RATECOURSES FOR TEACHERSCRITERIA FOR SELECTIONCURRICULAR FRAMEWORKCURRICULUMCURRICULUM DEVELOPMENTDATA ENTRYDATA PROCESSINGDECISION MAKINGDROPOUT RATESEDUCATION LEADERSEDUCATION OUTCOMESEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION REFORMSEDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL AUTHORITIESEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATIONAL SYSTEMEDUCATORSEFFECTIVE EDUCATIONELECTIVE SUBJECTSELIGIBLE STUDENTSEMPLOYMENTEMPLOYMENT GROWTHENROLLMENTEXAMEXAM PAPERSEXAMINATION CENTEREXAMINATION OFFICEEXAMINATION PROCESSEXAMINATION QUESTIONSEXAMINATION RESULTSEXAMINATION SESSIONEXAMINATION SYSTEMEXAMINATIONSEXTERNAL EXAMINATIONFINAL EXAMFORMATIVE ASSESSMENTGENERAL SECONDARY SCHOOLSGRADE INFLATIONHIGH QUALITY TRAININGHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHUMAN RESOURCESINDIVIDUAL STUDENTSINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTRUCTIONITEM BANKITEM BANKSLEADERSHIPLEARNINGLEARNING CONTEXTSLEARNING STANDARDSLIBRARIESLOWER PRIMARY TEACHERSMARKING PROCEDURESMARKING SCHEMESMARKSMATHEMATICSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMOTHER TONGUEMULTIPLE CHOICEMULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMSMULTIPLE-CHOICENATIONAL ASSESSMENTNATIONAL CURRICULANUMBER OF SCHOOLSNUMBER OF TEACHERSOFFICIAL CURRICULUMPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTUREPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY EDUCATION CYCLEPRIMARY EDUCATION PROJECTPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIMARY TEACHERSPROFESSIONAL STANDARDSQUALITY OF TEACHINGQUALITY STANDARDSQUALITY TRAININGRADIOREGULAR TRAININGREGULAR TRAINING COURSESRELIABILITYRESEARCH DEVELOPMENTSCHOOL COMMITTEESCHOOL COMMITTEESSCHOOL DISTRICTSCHOOL ENROLLMENTSCHOOL PRINCIPALSSCHOOL YEARSCHOOL YEARSSCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENTSCORESSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY EDUCATION COMPLETIONSECONDARY SCHOOLSSECONDARY VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONSECURE STORAGESOCIAL SCIENCESSPECIFICATIONSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMSSTUDENT ASSOCIATIONSSTUDENT DEMONSTRATIONSSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT RESPONSESSUBJECT AREASSUBJECT SPECIALISTSUBJECT SPECIALISTSSUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTSYLLABITEACHERTEACHER PERFORMANCETEACHER SUPERVISIONTEACHER TRAININGTEACHER TRAINING COLLEGESTEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMSTEACHER UNIONSTEACHINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL QUALITYTEST ADMINISTRATIONTEST ADMINISTRATORSTEST DESIGNTEST ITEMTEXTBOOKSTRAINING COURSESTRAINING OPPORTUNITIESTRAINING PROGRAMSTRANSPARENCYUNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITY ENTRANCEUNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAMSUNIVERSITY PROFESSORSUNIVERSITY TRAININGVALIDITYVOCATIONAL EDUCATION10.1596/17514