... testing. Understandably, the public had many questions about the purpose of the QSAS and, in particular, the QCEA and its implications for students in Qatar’s schools. Yet, the SEC and the Evaluation ... it provides only the perspective of the RAND and SAO teams and not those of the other Evaluation and Education Institute staff and contractors with whom we worked in aligning the assessments ... given the tight timeline, the SAO and RAND decided to focus efforts on developing the core component of the QSAS, the QCEA, as it was to be the largest and most comprehensive component of the...