Improving Assessment Systems in India and South Asia
Focal Areas
- Enhancing stakeholder capacity to use assessment data to improve teaching and learning
- Setting up regional network for sharing of good practices and resources on assessment
September 2017 Achievements
- Baseline benchmarking of current assessment activities using SABER-Student Assessment tools
- Ongoing support to Government of India for enhancing design, analysis, and reporting of the National Achievement Survey (NAS) for Grades 3, 5, and 8
- Ongoing planning for South Asia Regional Workshop on large-scale assessments (planned for April 2018), including discussions with UNESCO, UNICEF, and ACER on jointly hosting and their specific roles
- Completed survey of World Bank colleagues in South Asia region regarding their preferences for the Regional Workshop (e.g., topics to be covered, experts to be invited, duration/location) as an input to finalizing the agenda
- Search for consultants to lead background analysis of grade 10 NAS data