Research into monitoring national Standards of educational achievement

Samenvatting

The purpose of the workshop was to help leading researchers in member states develop methods by whichthey might regularly assess (monitor) the achievement ofpupils at a national level as a means of studying theprocesses and effectiveness of their school systems. This paper is an attempt to summarise the proceedingsin a nontechnical way that does not refer to particularpapers. A more detailed account together with the workshop documents edited by the organiser (Dr. R. Sumner)is expected shortly to be published by the NationalFoundation for Educational Research Publishing Company, Jennings Buildings, Windsor, Berkshire, England.