Analyzing and utilizing assessment data for better learning outcomes

UNESCO Office Bangkok and Regional Bureau for Education in Asia and the Pacific

• Publisher: UNESCO
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9789292235789

Table of contents

• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Acronyms
• Executive Summary
• Part 1
• Introduction
• 1 Background
• 2 Methods
• 2.1 Mapping of Learning Assessments in Asia-Pacific
• 2.2 Regional Capacity Development Workshop
• 2.3 Case Studies
• 2.4 Limitations of the Study
• 3 Country Background Information
• 3.1 Socio-economic Background
• 3.2 Education Systems
• Part 2
• Key Findings
• 4 Mapping Assessment Systems in Asia-Pacific
• 4.1 Review of Assessment Systems
• 4.2 Assessment Policies and Plans
• 4.3 Data Analysis, Use and Dissemination
• 5 Student Achievement
• 5.1 Overall Student Performance
• 5.2 Performance by Sex
• 6 Contributing Factors to Learning Outcomes
• 6.1 School Location and Type
• 6.2 School Environment
• 6.3 Household Environment
• 7 Issues and Challenges
• 7.1 Issues and Challenges for Education Systems
• 7.2 Issues and Challenges for Evidence-based Policy-making
• Part 3
• Conclusion
• 8 Policy Recommendations
• 9 Way Forward
• Bibliography
• Annex A: Country-specific Recommendations
• Annex B: Questionnaire
• Annex C: Research Framework
• Participating Countries
• Table 1. Countries Participating in the LEAP Programme
• Table 2. Assessment Data used for LEAP Programme Case Studies
• Table 3. Country Context
• Table 4. Free and Compulsory Education by Country
• Figure 1. School System Structure by Country
• Figure 2. Total Net Enrolment Rates at Primary Level, 2000–2014
• Figure 3. Total Net Enrolment at Primary and Lower Secondary Level by Country, 2014
• Figure 4. Adult Literacy Rates by Country, 2015
• Figure 5. Expenditure on Education by Country
• Figure 6. Student-Teacher Ratio, 2014
• Figure 7. International and Regional Assessments
• Figure 8. Learning Assessments by Country, Year and Type, 2005–2015
• Figure 9. Percentage of Assessments that Conducted Background Surveys (%)
• Figure 10. What National Assessments Measure
• Figure 11. Purpose of Analyzing Learning Assessment Results
• Figure 12. Countries with Learning Assessment Policies
• Figure 13. How are Learning Assessment Results Used?
• Figure 14. How are Learning Assessment Results Shared?
• Box 3
• ASER Pakistan
• Box 4
• ASER India