1. CONCEPT NOTE on development of the tools for monitoring academic subject specific competences of primary school students in 2011-2012 Expert Council of the Center for International Cooperation in Education Development October 11 th, 2010 Moscow, Russia Peter Nezhnov, PhD, psychology, Leading Researcher, Russian Academy of Education

2. Project Idea Develop an instrument for assessing and diagnosing academic subject specific competencies at the primary school level

3. Approach Three-stage model of the education process as a foundation for the instrument to assess learning achievements

4. Objectives Develop an instrument for monitoring academic achievements of primary school students: - set of tests - set of questionnaires Do research on the inner dynamics of the educational process

5. Results Test instrument for assessing the academic competences of primary school students in mathematics, science and language Questionnaires for collecting context information

6. Target group representatives of education authorities; specialists in education quality assessment; school administration and teachers; school students and their parents; community.

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