education quality. Student achievement information can be used to inform a wide variety of education policies, including the … do tend not to use the results to inform their education policies. Yet better education policies have the potential to … promote significant increases in cognitive skills. If developing countries are truly to achieve education for all, they will …

of the education provided in ECA countries than to problems of access. A central argument of the book is that ministries … of education are constrained in a number of ways from effectively managing their education and training sectors. The … makes it difficult for education ministries to address the legacy of central planning, which emphasizes centralized …

its consideration of assessment is not limited to public examinations. The World Declaration on Education for All in …

policy makers, decision makers, and other stakeholders in the education system. Measuring student learning outcomes is … necessary for monitoring a school system's success and for improving education quality. Student achievement information can be … used to inform a wide variety of education policies and decisions, including the design and implementation of programs to …