How to pass local variable to remote using ssh and bash script?

Question

ssh remotecluster \'bash -s\' << EOF
> export TEST=\"sdfsd\"
> echo $TEST
> EOF

This prints nothing.

Also it still does not

Answer 1

export variable, ssh send exported(environment) variables to server export VAR=test ssh -v 127.0.0.1 echo $VAR test above commands and see result