The United Arab Emirates has focused onincreasing student learning outcomes by improving thequality of education in the country. An effective studentassessment system is an important component to improvingeducation quality and learning outcomes as it provides thenecessary information to meet stakeholdersdecision makingneeds. In order to gain a better understanding of thestrengths and weaknesses of its existing assessment system,United Arab Emirates have decided to benchmark this systemusing standardized tools developed under The World Bank sSystems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER)program. SABER is an evidence based program to helpcountries systematically examine and strengthen theperformance of different aspects of their education systems.