Review Article
Year: 2020 | Month: April | Volume: 7 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 158-166
Achievement Tests as a Universal Measure of School Success Across Nations: A Theoretical Perspective
Daniel Attakumah
Department of Education Studies St. Francis College of Education, Post Office Box 100, Hohoe, Ghana
ABSTRACT
Equivalent achievement test standards for students gaining entry into cross-national institutions of learning are a challenge that hinders the international mobility of potential students outside of their home countries. This reviewed article examines the achievement test as a measure for the equalization of cross-national learning standards. The article reviewed studies that investigated the comparisons of achievement standards to arrive at pertinent issues of interest. The article concludes that there are wide variations in education systems, education objectives, schools organization, curriculum content, school characteristics and socio-economic characteristic inter alia. This calls for review in education policies of countries’ from entry levels equalizations standards of test results in creating dual or trio entry levels for potential students. The study suggests that host institutions of learning design multiple programs for beginning level learners to cater for observed cross-national gaps in achievement to facilitate the international mobility of students worldwide.
Keywords: Achievement test, Cross-national, Standards, Education Policy, Comparison
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