Organization: Center for Educational Monitoring

Countries involved: Poland, Kyrgyzstan, Slovenia, Lithuania, and other countries that show interest in the project activities

The main goal of the project is to establish a civil forum and a network of examination agencies and assessment experts in CIS countries with the aim of influencing assessment policies, ensuring transparency, equal access to education, and improving monitoring of education quality. The network's activity will facilitate the exchange of experience and best practices on assessment issues amongst education stakeholders, and raise capacity of agencies and experts working in the area of assessment. To achieve this goal the network will be involved in raising evaluation and monitoring capacity, policy advocacy, and in the creation of an international resource center on assessment issues. Bringing together professionals, governmental officials, media and community with the aim of increasing the role of assessment and evaluation in ensuring education quality and equal access to education. The project will enhance capacity of policy makers, experts and educators that are active in the assessment area. A web accessible portal and newsletter (electronic and printed) on assessment issues will be created.

Ukraine  |  $100,000  |  January 2005 – December 2006