Use testing to support effective teaching in Kenya classrooms

Some stakeholders in education have expressed interest in seeking to improve the quality of education that school systems are offering. They include County Governments, faith based organizations, Members of Parliament and all those who feel sufficiently philanthropic. Some have facilitated the developments and administration of internal and Mock Examinations for students.

An effective assessment system provides schools with diagnostic information to help them identify strengths and weakness. To be useful, the results of the assessment should force the school, the students and everybody involved to go back to the drawing board: develop strategies to build on the strengths on one hand and address the weakness that poor performance in a particular subject or several subjects reveal.