TY - GEN AU - Fifita,Seilose ED - Tonga. TI - Report of the standardised test of achievement for Tonga (STAT): 2011 PY - 2012/// CY - [Tonga] PB - Ministry of Education, Women's Affairs and Culture KW - Educational tests and measurements KW - Tonga KW - Statistics KW - Academic achievement KW - Evaluation KW - Educational evaluation N1 - "February 2012"; Summary of findings and recommendations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Test development -- 3. Test implementation -- 4. Test results - Appendices N2 - "The quality of any test in the capacity to infer outcomes is strongly influenced by the test design and the ability of the test developers and item writers to construct valid and reliable items. Linked to this is the need to capture data at the finest possible level to enable good and informed feedback to teachers so that improvement can be made in teaching. There is clearly a need for training and test design and item development"--Page 5 ER -