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Masha Bertling – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Background/Context: Impact evaluations of schooling reforms in developing countries typically focus on tests of student achievement that are designed and implemented by researchers. Are these tests any good? What practical and principled guidance should researchers in the field follow? We aim to answer these questions. Test scores have, of course,…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Academic Achievement, International Assessment, Psychometrics
Heyneman, Stephen P., Ed.; Fagerlind, Ingemar, Ed. – 1988
In September 1984, the Chinese government asked the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank to assist the officials of the Chinese Ministry of Education in thinking through some policy options for examinations and standardized testing. This document summarizes the descriptions of testing programs and advice provided to these Chinese…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations