Quick guide no. 3: implementing a national learning assessment

The purpose of this Quick Guide is to support countries to implement their national learning assessments. It does so by answering the following questions: What decisions need to be made before launching the assessment? How to measure learning? How to select schools and students? How to administer the assessment? How to create a database? How to compute results? How to communicate results? What personnel and facilities are required? How to make a budget? What are the main problems and challenges?