COMPLEX OF CONTEXTUAL QUESTIONNAIRES To compare the results of SAM of students with different cultural and socio-economic learning environments, a complex of contextual questionnaires has been developed. The booklet presents the main features and stages of develompent.
METHODOLOGY OF LESSON WITH IN-BUILT DIAGNOSTICS The booklet presents a scheme of lesson with in-built diagnostics. In this lesson design technology in which a three-level model of mastering subject content is used as a means of diagnosing academic subject competencies.
TOOL FOR DIAGNOSING TEACHING PRACTICES The booklet presents the use of Tool for Diagnosing Teaching Practices for primary, based on SAM model.
SAM localization The SAM test in Math was created in the Russian language for use in Russian schools. Its use in other languages in different cultural environments needs test localization. The booklet presents the steps of SAM localization in Armenian, Belorussian, Kyrgyz and Tadjik languages.
SAM The booklet presents the steps of SAM development for use in primary school.
Student Achievement Monitoring (SAM) for secondary school The booklet presents the steps of SAM in natural science, which is made for assessment of subject competencies of 5 grade students.
Assessment of subject competencies MATHEMATICS The booklet presents the use of SAM for assessment of the level of subject competencies of students in mathematics when transferring from primary to secondary school.
Report 2018 In 2018, CICED continued to support Russian researchers in their further work of development of methodologies of education quality assessment and building up the expert capacity of Russian specialists working in the field of education quality assessment. In 2018, work was also completed on the preparation of cross-country research on the mathematical competence…
Report 2017 In 2017 the Center for International Cooperation in Education Development (CICED) continued implementation of the second stage of the Russia Education Aid for Development (READ) Program. Currently CICED’s activities in the READ Program focus on increasing the importance of measuring the levels of knowledge and skills acquired by students in partner countries and…
Report 2106 In 2016 CICED joined the implementation of the second stage of the READ Program in order to fulfill the tasks of developing and promoting educational assessment tools, building expert capacity and making a contribution to development aid in education.
READ grant is supporting the design and piloting of computer-based testing in mathematics, a core UEE subject. The focus is on ensuring alignment of the computer-based test with both the State Standard for education and State Standard for mathematics curriculum. The second stage of the computer-based UEE pilot commenced in February 2018, covering over 700…
To further institutionalize efforts to build assessment capacity in Armenia, work was completed on developing a Master’s program in education that incorporates courses on student assessment. In 2013, a report on international best practices and an implementation plan with program specifications and course content for such a Master’s program was prepared and discussed with universities…
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS The booklet presents stages, tools and methods for assessing the quality of education, developed for internalional research in the first and second stage of the READ program.
SAM localization The SAM math test was created in Russian for use in Russian schools and its use in other countries with a different cultural and linguistic environment requires adaptation and localization procedures. SAM in math for primary school was localized in Armenian, Belarusian, English, Kyrgyz and Tajik languages. SAM in other languages is being…