Due to technology and other advances, 21st century labor market requirements have shifted from needing workers with educational qualifications for “life-time” jobs to needing workers with strong cognitive and socio-emotional skills who are able to develop the skills needed to do specific jobs that are constantly changing. In 2010, the World Bank launched the STEP…
In 2011, READ Trust Fund support was used to initiate background work for possible SABER domain on learning standards. The work was put out for competitive bid and ultimately awarded to the American Institutes for Research (AIR). Similar to the work carried out on SABER-Student Assessment, the aim was to develop an evidence-based framework and…
SABER-Student Assessment makes available information and tools based on the latest evidence for “what matters most” in creating effective assessment systems. It involves: classifying and analyzing student assessment systems around the world according to key criteria; collecting information on these key criteria by administering a set of questionnaires in a particular country; producing country and…