1. Introduction to NEQMAP and the workshop
Ramya Vivekanandan,
UNESCO Bangkok

2. What is NEQMAP?
Network on Education Quality Monitoring in the Asia-Pacific Launched March 2013 Secretariat at UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education (UNESCO Bangkok) Funding from Global Partnership for Education (GRA programme) and Government of Malaysia, we well as UNESCO Regular Budget

3. Who is NEQMAP? North East Asia (4) Hong Kong, China HKEAA
HKPISA Centre
Japan
GSE, U of Tokyo
Republic of Korea
KICE
As of November 2016, NEQMAP has 41 members.
Central Asia (5)
Mongolia
EEC, MoE
IOE, MoE
MIER
ITPD
Russian Federation
EAOKO
Other (2) GL Education
IAEA
South & West Asia (15)
Afghanistan
EMIS, MoE
Bangladesh
IID
Bhutan
BCSEA
REC
India
ASER Centre
CCLP Worldwide
EQFI
IIE
Vyjayanthi Sankar
Maldives
QAD, MoE
Nepal
EDSC
ERO, MoE
Pakistan
ITA
NEAS, MoE
Sri Lanka
NEREC, U of Colombo
Southeast Asia (12)
Indonesia
SEAMEO QITEP
Lao PDR
EQAC, MoE
RIES, MoE
Malaysia
EPRD, MoE
SEAMEO RECSAM
Nordin Abd Razak
Philippines
GRACE
Inno-Change International
Singapore
NIE
Thailand
NIETS
Viet Nam
VNIES
CEQE, MoE
Pacific (3)
Australia
ACER
ACARA
Fiji
EQAP

4. Ministry
National assessment/
Examination/ curriculum authority (non Ministry)
NGO/CSO/ foundation
University or research organization
Regional/
sub-regional organization
Private sector/ consulting firm
Afghanistan
Lao EQAC
Lao RIES
Malaysia EPRD
Maldives QAD
Mongolia EEC
Mongolia IOE
Nepal ERO
Pakistan NEAS
Viet Nam CEQE
ACARA (Australia)
BCSEA (Bhutan)
REC (Bhutan)
HKEAA (Hong Kong)
KICE (Rep of Korea)
NIETS (Thailand)
IID (Bangladesh)
ASER Centre (India)
CCLP Worldwide (India)
EQFI (India)
MIER (Mongolia)
ITA (Pakistan)
ACER (Australia)
HKPISA Centre (Hong Kong)
IIE (India)
U Tokyo GSE (Japan)
NIE (Singapore)
NEREC
(Sri Lanka)
VNIES
(Viet Nam)
EAOKO
EQAP
SEAMEO RECSAM
SEAMEO QITEP
EDSC (Nepal)
GRACE
(Philippines)
GL Education (UK) 10 6 7 4 3

5. Research & analytical work
What do we do?
Research & analytical work
Knowledge sharing
Capacity development

6. What do we do? Research & analytical work
Impact of assessments on policy & practice
Assessment of transversal competencies
School-based assessment
Mapping study

7. What do we do? Knowledge sharing Knowledge portal
Webinars and e-discussions
Newsletter
Annual meetings

8. What do we do? Capacity development Regional workshops
Introduction to large-scale assessments of learning (September 2014, Bangkok)
Design and development of large-scale learning assessments (March 2015, Bangkok)
Alignment between curriculum, teaching and assessment – with KICE (May 2015, Incheon/Seoul)
Analyzing and understanding learning assessment for evidence-based policy making (September 2015, Bangkok) – LEAP programme
Reporting and dissemination of large-scale learning assessments (September 2016, Bangkok)
Capacity development
Regional workshops

10. What do we do? PISA for Development
(February-March 2016, Phnom Penh) – co-organized by MoEYS Cambodia & KICE
Citizen-Led Assessments
(June 2016, Aurangabad, India) – organized by ASER India
Capacity development
Support to members/ countries for learning about specific assessment models

11. What do we do?

12. What do we do? Capacity development
National workshops and technical assistance
Bhutan
Lao PDR
Mongolia
Nepal

13. Modern assessment theory Difficulty level vs. cognitive level
This workshop: NEQMAP Central Asia Sub-Regional Capacity Development Workshop on “Assessment Literacy and Test and Item Development and Design”
Modern assessment theory
Difficulty level vs. cognitive level
Developing quality (valid and reliable) assessment items, with an emphasis on multiple choice items
Analyzing test items using Classical Test Theory
Review of assessment toolkit developed by UNESCO Bangkok and Pearson
Target countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Facilitator team: Pearson (Jim Tognolini) & and Natalia Bakhmutova
Support from GPE
Presentations and workshop sessions – active participation encouraged!
English/Russian

14. Thank you!!!