@inbook{10.7249/tr620qatar.14,
 ISBN = {9780833046895},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/tr620qatar.14},
 abstract = {As we reflect on the early years of test planning, development, administration, and reporting for the QSAS and the QCEA, a number of important lessons emerge. These lessons can provide helpful guidance for education policymakers around the world who are looking to implement standards-based assessments in their education systems. This chapter concludes with recommendations for the Evaluation Institute as it continues to implement the SAO and RAND teams’ vision for the QSAS.As shown in Figure 1.1 in Chapter One, the initial design of the Education and Evaluation Institutes placed responsibility for developing the standards with one entity, the CSO},
 bookauthor = {Gabriella Gonzalez and Vi-Nhuan Le and Markus Broer and Louis T. Mariano and J. Enrique Froemel and Charles A. Goldman and Julie DaVanzo},
 booktitle = {Lessons from the Field: Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 2002–2006},
 edition = {1},
 pages = {37--44},
 publisher = {RAND Corporation},
 title = {Lessons Learned and Future Directions},
 year = {2009}
}