Assessing and taking stock of the quality of education in Africa
Evaluating the quality of education is a complex undertaking that remains uncommon in African countries. Indeed, comparative data conveying a precise idea of the situation as to the quality of education in Africa are still only very rarely available...
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2003
As part of the Education For All (EFA) 2000 Assessment, The Gambia conducted a Monitoring of Learning Achievement (MLA) study to assess children's learning achievement and the conditions that may influence learning. It focused on investigating...
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2003
Control over the "statistics chain" is the essential component for successful steering of any education system. Since 1997, the SISED/NESIS has worked on the promotion and development of methodological and technical tools designed to help...
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2003
The rationale for, and experience with, the use of assessment to improve the quality of education in African education systems over the past two decades are described for four categories of assessment: (i) public examinations, (ii) national...
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Conference paper
Year
2003
Document format
Conference paper
Year
2003