World Bank2015-02-262015-02-262014-09-18https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21533The United Arab Emirates 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, United Arab Emirates have 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOASSESSMENT ASSESSMENTASSESSMENT DESIGNASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTSASSESSMENT METHODOLOGYASSESSMENT SYSTEMASSESSMENT TOOLSCANDIDATESCERTIFICATIONCHOICE QUESTIONSCLASSROOMCLASSROOM INSTRUCTIONCLASSROOMSCOMPLETION RATECOMPULSORY SCHOOL AGECOURSES FOR TEACHERSCURRICULACURRICULUMCURRICULUM GUIDELINESDATA PROCESSINGDECISION MAKINGDISADVANTAGED STUDENTSEDUCATION OFFICIALSEDUCATION POLICIESEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION QUALITYEDUCATION REFORMEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENTEDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIESEDUCATIONAL SUPERVISIONEDUCATORSEFFECTIVE EDUCATIONELIGIBLE STUDENTSEMPLOYMENTEXAMEXAMINATION DESIGNEXAMINATION OFFICEEXAMINATION PAPEREXAMINATION PROCESSEXAMINATION QUESTIONSEXAMINATION RESULTSEXAMINATION SCORESEXAMINATION SUPERVISORSEXAMINATION SYSTEMEXAMINATIONSEXAMSEXTERNAL EXAMINATIONEXTERNAL MODERATIONFIELD TESTINGGLOBAL KNOWLEDGEGLOBAL KNOWLEDGE BASEGRADE INFLATIONGRADE LEVELSGRADINGGRADING OF STUDENTSGRADUATE PROGRAMSHIGHER EDUCATIONHIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONSHUMAN RESOURCESIMPERSONATIONIN SERVICE COURSESIN SERVICE TEACHER TRAININGINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYINSTRUCTIONINTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENTITEM BANKSJOB MARKETKINDERGARTENLANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONLEADERSHIPLEAKAGELEARNING GOALSLEARNING OUTCOMESLEARNING STANDARDSLITERACYMATHEMATICSMINISTRY OF EDUCATIONMULTIPLE CHOICENATIONAL ASSESSMENTNATIONAL ASSESSMENTSNATIONAL CURRICULUMNET ENROLLMENTOFFICIAL CURRICULUMONLINE COURSESPRIMARY ENROLLMENTPRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATEPRINTINGPRIVATE SCHOOLSPROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTPROFESSIONAL STANDARDSPUBLIC EDUCATIONQUALITY OF EDUCATIONQUALITY STANDARDSQUESTIONINGRATERREADINGREGISTERED CANDIDATERELIABILITYRESEARCH DEVELOPMENTSCHOOL CURRICULUMSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSCIENCE STUDYSCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONSCORESSECONDARY LEVELSECURE STORAGESELF EVALUATIONSTUDENT ACHIEVEMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENTSTUDENT ASSESSMENT SYSTEMSSTUDENT CERTIFICATIONSTUDENT GROUPSSTUDENT LEARNINGSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMESSTUDENT PERFORMANCESTUDENT RESPONSESSTUDENT SELECTIONSUBJECT AREASSUBJECTSTEACHERTEACHER TRAININGTEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMSTEACHER UNIONSTEACHERSTEACHINGTEACHING PROCESSTECHNICAL QUALITYTEXTBOOKSTRAINING COURSESTRAINING OPPORTUNITIESTRAINING PROGRAMSUNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITY COURSESUNIVERSITY LEVELUNIVERSITY STAFFUNIVERSITY STUDENTSUNIVERSITY TRAININGYOUTH10.1596/21533