Analysis of Qatar's standards-based student assessment system, the first in the region, offers several lessons for other nations instituting similar reforms. These include the need to coordinate on standards and assessment development, allow sufficient time for a fully aligned assessment, and communicate about the purposes and uses of testing. Qatari policymakers need to address ongoing challenges in aligning assessments with future changes to curriculum standards, determining how best to use computers in testing, and accommodating students with special needs. [This research brief describes work documented in "Lessons from the Field: Developing and Implementing the Qatar Student Assessment System, 2002-2006" (Gabriella Gonzalez, Vi-Nhuan Le, Markus Broer, Louis T. Mariano, J. Enrique Froemel, Charles A. Goldman, and Julie DaVanzo). For the full report, see ED504732.]