Developing an Educational
Evaluation System
The Dominican Republic
August 2001 – September 2002
 The government of the Dominican Republic has made significant
efforts at reforming a long-neglected education system. Education
reform efforts have resulted in higher preschool and primary
school enrollments, increased public awareness of the need
to improve education, improved teacher capacity and compensation,
a new curriculum, more textbooks, and greater equity. To build
on this progress in reforming the education system, the government
of the Dominican Republic needed technical assistance to put
in place a reliable system for educational evaluation and monitoring.
BEPS provided assistance to the Dominican
Republic by advising on how it could improve the educational
system’s capabilities
to monitor educational quality, enhance its cost-effectiveness,
and probe the nature of educational opportunities afforded
by the system. This technical assistance involved analyzing
data collection at the Ministry of Education, interviewing
actors in the education arena, producing a report, and encouraging
dialogue to establish consensus around priorities. BEPS designed
a national monitoring and evaluation system, scheduled for
implementation in 2003. |
