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Centers of Excellence in Teacher Training: Testing and Assessment
USAID
Paper Two: Testing and Assessment
This white paper discusses the challenges and lessons learned in the process of creating a cross-country testing initiative. The three CETTs carried out testing initiatives to track student performance toward literacy benchmarks, with the goal of showing valid and reliable results. An extremely challenging endeavor, student assessment is further complicated when using tests across countries.