Lessons from the field : developing and implementing the Qatar student assessment system, 2002-2006 / / Gabriella Gonzalez ... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND-Qatar Policy Institute, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (93 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.26/2095363
• Soggetto topico: Educational tests and measurements - Qatar; Students - Rating of - Qatar
• Altri autori: GonzalezGabriella
• Note generali: "Prepared for the Supreme Education Council."; RAND-Qatar Policy Institute.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-67).
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Design of the Qatar student assessment system: a work in progress -- Implementing the QCEA in 2004, 2005, and 2006: test development and administration -- Scoring the QCEA and reporting results -- Lessons learned and future directions -- Appendix A: Assessment elements considered for the QSAS -- Appendix B: Steps to align assessments with curriculum standards -- Appendix C: Performance-level results of 2005 and 2006 QCEAs for Ministry of Education, private Arabic, and Independent schools.
• Sommario/riassunto: Qatar has recently positioned itself to be a leader in education. Central to the country's efforts is the implementation of reforms to its K-12 education system. Central to the reform initiatives was the development of internationally benchmarked curriculum standards in four subjects: Arabic, English as a foreign language, mathematics, and science. To develop a method of testing student achievement in relation to the curriculum standards, a RAND study team worked with Qatar's Evaluation Institute between 2002 and 2006 to create the Qatar Student Assessment System (QSAS). The core component of
• Titolo autorizzato: Lessons from the field
• ISBN: 1-282-45106-5; 9786612451065; 0-8330-4866-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220130003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; ; TR-620-QATAR.