Mapping national assessments

To map the landscape of national assessments and understand the ways in which the seven LMTF domains are reflected in the current priorities of national education systems, FHI 360’s Education Policy and Data Center (EPDC) launched the National Learning Assessment Mapping Project (NLAMP). Using publicly available data sources, NLAMP collected national assessment metadata from 125 countries from all six regions of the world, and created a database of over 300 assessments, categorizing their subject focus areas, which learning domains they fall in, and at which point in the schooling cycle they are administered. The authors subsequently analyzed global patterns in what is being measured, thereby creating a current snap shot to serve as a baseline from which to assess the LMTF’s progress. The results of this analysis are presented in this policy brief.