QUALITY EDUCATIONAL TESTING/ASSESSMENT: A VITAL CONSIDERATION IN ENHANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were put in place and adopted by all member nations of the United Nations (UN) in 2015 in order to provide a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future. The engine that will drive the attainment of these SDGs is education; The extent to which the education of any nation is put in the front burner is an indication of the extent to which that nation wants to be seen as a progressive and developed. The paper defined some key words in educational measurement and evaluation and also x-rayed some important Issues in Quality Assurance in Assessment in Nigeria. The role of educational test/assessment in teaching and learning is undoubtedly an enormous one. A key consideration in the paper was looking at the role of educational test/assessment in teaching and learning as a way of ensuring the attainment of the SDGs.