EDSP

Project to upgrade the Yemeni primary education system by helping the Ministry of Education (MOE) install an outcome-based system, i.e., one in which instructional objectives and delivery, learning materials, and criterion-reference tests are aligned to produce desired learning outcomes. The project will be implemented in two phases. Phase I will comprise four major activities over a 4-year period. (1) Yemen's existing primary education curriculum will be reviewed and assessed, and detailed teaching and learning objectives by subject and grade level will be developed. Criterion-referenced tests, aligned to specific learning objectives, will be prepared for testing and evaluation purposes. (2) The criterion-reference tests will be used to evaluate the extent to which existing Yemeni curricula meet Yemeni learning objectives. Other studies will examine school performance and student achievement, and will seek practical solutions to the inefficiencies and bottlenecks in the educational system. (3) Outcome-based curricula in selected subjects will be developed and tested, initially in practice schools associated with teacher training institutions in Sana'a, Taiz, and Hodeidah, an

Source: DEC abstract, PD-CAX-550 (1987). The source's own text.