Lessons from the Field Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 2002-2006

Central to Qatar's education reform was the development of internationally benchmarked curriculum standards and standards-based assessments in four subjects: Arabic, English as a foreign language, mathematics, and science. This report recounts the development of Qatar's standards-based stu...

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Main Author: Gonzalez, Gabriella C. (auth)
Other Authors: Le, Vi-Nhuan (auth), Broer, Markus (auth), Mariano, Louis T. (auth), Froemel, J. Enrique (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: RAND Corporation 2009
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Summary:Central to Qatar's education reform was the development of internationally benchmarked curriculum standards and standards-based assessments in four subjects: Arabic, English as a foreign language, mathematics, and science. This report recounts the development of Qatar's standards-based student assessment system, providing important lessons learned for Qatar and other countries that are seeking to implement similar measures on a large scale.
ISBN:TR620QATAR
9780833048660
9780833046895
Access:Open Access