Guidelines for reviewing and integrating education assessments into the evaluation of SDG4 indicators

The present document provides a comprehensive blueprint to evaluate educational assessments in relation to their alignment with SDG targets 4.1, 4.4, and 4.7. This blueprint outlines the critical factors that each assessment must meet to be deemed suitable for integration. These criteria include alignment to learning standards and frameworks, psychometric properties, representativeness, and transparency of processes, among others. The blueprint is compiled by categorising and detailing the essential properties that educational assessments should possess to align with SDG objectives. Each category is described with a specific property, an explanation of its importance, and an illustrative example showing how this property links to educational indicators mapped to the pertinent measurements or sub-scales. Table 1 sets the criteria for evaluating assessments. By utilising this blueprint, UNESCO can rigorously evaluate educational assessments, determining their appropriateness and technical capacity for integration. This will pave the way for stronger global standards and participation, strengthening the efforts of networks like GAML and ensuring that the international educational assessment community is aligned in its mission.