Strengthening the design and implementation of the standardised student assessment
reform of the Flemish Community of Belgium
The Flemish Community of Belgium has one of the OECD’s most devolved education systems,
but there are concerns among Flemish education stakeholders about the overall quality
of education. In recent years, the Flemish government has initiated a series of reforms
to strengthen the quality of education. These include the introduction of full cohort
standardised student assessments in Dutch and mathematics. Students will take the
assessments in Grades 4 and 6 at the primary level and in Grades 8 and 12 at the secondary
level starting in 2024. This ambitious and innovative reform aims to strengthen and
monitor the quality of education, with student results envisaged to inform improvement
efforts at different levels of the system. As a follow up to the support provided
by the OECD Strategic Education Governance Project, the Flemish Department of Education
and Training asked the OECD Implementing Education Policies Project team to support
the successful design and implementation of the standardised student assessment reform.
This report presents the analysis, key findings and recommendations to help realise
this objective.
Available from June 30, 2023
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