A Comparative Analysis of Assessment Practices in Burkina Faso and Japanese Primary Schools

Burkina Faso has implemented many educational reforms until today, but the quality of learning remains as a challenge. Research suggests that methods of assessing students are one of the most significant influences on their learning. Therefore, our study focuses on continuous assessment and analyze the issue of low performance, from the perspective of assessment policies and practices in Burkina Faso primary schools. Since the Japanese education system ranks among the best in the world, the study compares the assessment systems in both countries and highlights differences and similarities and suggests that there is much for Burkina Faso to learn from Japan. This paper aims at investigating policies and practices of classroom assessment and identifying related issues in Burkina Faso by presenting and discussing the result of literature reviews conducted in both countries.