School Education Quality Assessment Project
Center for International Cooperation in Education Development
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School Education Quality Assessment Project is a development aid projects and targets at aiding countries that have deficient capacity of professionals to grasp the modern assessment methodologies and approaches through development and localization of tools. The new adapted tools and methodologies become country’s own. They get applied by local educational authorities and school administrations for evaluation of education quality in the situation where large-scale international comparative monitoring don’t accrue. The project also promotes more intensive application of modern assessments by teachers in their everyday practice.
The project is carried out through annual meetings, training, scientific seminars and other educational events. Communication is organized through the online platform. All assessment methodologies originally created in Russian language underwent the international validity review. Participating countries and Russia have a lot in common in approaches to education which is determined by the common historical past and close traditions. The comparison of the monitoring results between countries participating in the project is also common requirement of project partners. To assist conducting of cross-cultural studies the partners created guidelines and recommendations “Localization and adaptation framework” based on American Educational Research Association, American Psychological Association, National Council on Measurement in Education (AERA/APA/NCME) standards. Methodology of adaptation includes following steps: 1. Determination of target population and comparison analysis of the educational programs. This is done by the local specialists that receive special training to perform these tasks. 2. Translation and adaptation of test items. This part is done through “learning by doing” approach by local specialists, usually test developers who know 2 languages well enough and under supervision of the test developers. 3. Development of new test items. This part is done through “learning by doing” approach by local specialists, usually test developers. 4. Expert review done by test developers. 5. Small pilot and clinical approbation. This research organized by the team of local specialists that underwent training. 6. Psychometric validity research. 7. Discussion of results, development of dissemination strategy and presenting to public. 8. Country ownership of the adapted tool.
Quantitative results of the project include conducting educational testing and training of the specialists participated. Since the start of the project over 30000 schoolchildren in 7 countries were tested. Results of the testing were used for further interventions and improvement of education quality in schools. They were also discussed at national level with educational authorities at specially organized events. That included strategic seminars on localization of SDG 4 into local policies. National teams wrote reports that accumulated results of educational monitoring and possible interventions for quality improvement. They also produced publications and has local seminars on the results of the project with participation of wide range of stakeholders. More than 250 specialists were trained in the project on the use of modern assessment and monitoring methodologies. Training was provided during “learning by doing exercise” and through distant learning which contributes to SDG 17th.
Enabling factors include multiple needs related to practical implementation of national strategies that include integrated SDG 4th in the context of absence of testing tools, methods for education quality assessment and trained specialists. Project provides tools and training on a free basis in form of development aid for countries with similar educational approaches and issues. The main constraints is absence of needed infrastructure, underdeveloped informational technologies, administrative restrictions. Constrains overcome by close cooperation with local authorities with support from national managerial bodies (ministries where needed).
Project is financed sustainably in frames of the READ Program. Participating countries also provide their financial and other kinds of support (logistics, volunteering, informational, workspaces, dedicated specialists, and their paid work time). We constantly receive request for training for the specialists in application of tools and assessment methodologies used for the project which reflects constant growing interest. The methodology of testing is universal and can be applied in any cultural and economic context. Application of these methodologies will support assessment of SDG 4 progress in frames of longitudinal research and has a proven potential to predict human capital development. At this stage developers explore possibilities of its scaling up to the next levels of education (and for other study subjects), including higher education. This work is done through partnership with leading universities and educational authorities in Russia and CIS countries.
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This project introduces online testing that is very actual in frames of distant learning used during pandemic. It provides information of performance of students way before the final summative testing and helps teachers to see gaps in students understanding of study materials when its not too late for additional support. Distant technologies are widely used within the project because of its cross-country nature. So it was very easy to operate during the lockdowns in countries. The online assessment methodologies are universal can be utilized in frames of similar projects.
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Project is a partnership between Center for International Cooperation in Education Development, National Center for Assessment and Testing under the Government of the Republic of Armenia, National Assessment Center under the President of Tajikistan, National Center for Education Quality and Information Technologies under Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, National Institute of Education of the Republic of Belarus.
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Artem Stepanenko