Logistic performance assessment systems: structuring, challenges and development opportunities

Islam; Challenges and Opportunities

Undoubtedly Islamic Revolution of Iran has been the source of Islamic awakening in the middle-east. Therefore Islamic Republic of Iran plays the role of an example and a director of political developments in the region. Islamic awakening in Arab countries has been able to question the dominant discourse of dictators in the middle-east region and topple their regimes. These developments include ...

Assessment in WWW-Based Learning Systems: Opportunities and Challenges

This paper proposes that the most important role the computer may play in education could be contributing to the ubiquitous use of assessment for the improvement of instruction. In order to realize this potential, newly emerging WWW-based learning systems should support a very wide range of embedded assessment features. These systems require architectures with a core of reliable integrated mana...

Rethinking Development—Challenges and Opportunities

As many of you know, I am relatively new to the World Bank. This is my first visit to Japan in my new capacity as vice president for external and United Nations affairs, and I am very pleased to be here at Tokyo United Nations University to talk with you about the future of development. I can think of no better place than to test our own ideas, hear new ones, and think through different approac...

Experimental Research in Systems Development Methodologies: Opportunities and Challenges

Proficiency in science: assessment challenges and opportunities.

Proficiency in science is being defined through performance expectations that intertwine science practices, cross-cutting concepts, and core content knowledge. These descriptions of what it means to know and do science pose challenges for assessment design and use, whether at the classroom instructional level or the system level for monitoring the progress of science education. There are system...