Belarus has focused on increasingstudent learning outcomes by improving the quality ofeducation in the country. An effective student assessmentsystem is an important component of efforts to improveeducation quality and learning outcomes because it providesthe necessary information to meet stakeholders’ decisionmaking needs. To gain a better understanding of thestrengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system,Belarus decided to benchmark this system using standardizedtools developed under the World Bank’s Systems Approach forBetter Education Results (SABER) program. SABER is anevidence-based program to help countries systematicallyexamine and strengthen the performance of different aspectsof their education systems. SABER–Student Assessment is acomponent of the SABER program that focuses specifically onbenchmarking student assessment policies and systems. Thegoal of SABER–Student Assessment is to promote strongerassessment systems that contribute to improved educationquality and learning for all.