Establishment of the Regional System of Education Quality Assessment in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
One of the fundamentals of the state policy in Russia is providing available high-quality education for every citizen, disregarding his place of resi-dence, social and economic factors. The article describes the experience of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in developing regional system of education quality assessment, which is described as an integral part of the state-level EQA system. The case of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug draws interest by the usage of valid tools, technology and assessment procedures aimed at identifying the real achievement levels of assessment participants and the education system in general. It also describes how the new for external and independent assessment in education are implemented, and pays attention to the ways of interpretation and usage of assessment results in terms of education quality management.