Lessons from the Field: Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 20022006

By Markus Broer, Vi-Nhuan Le, Gabriella Gonzalez

Central to Qatar1s 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 Qatar1s 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0833046896
• ISBN13: 9780833046895
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.7"