Regional Mapping Report on Assessment in the Arab States

النوع : تقرير

The Arab countries could generally be judged as having “emerging” to “established” systems of assessment. They have already founded their systems but they need more work to improve them. There is not one country which achieved the level “advanced” in all forms of assessment. Significantly, national exams are the one form of assessment which is developed in the majority of the countries (14 out of 17), while for national large scale assessment the majority (11) lies in “emerging” status and four in “latent” status. In other terms, one can describe the assessment systems in the Arab countries as being traditional, since examinations are the focus of national policies, and where large scale assessments have not so far gained an important place in these policies. Classroom assessment policies should be strengthened as well.