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Assessment in transition : learning, monitoring, and selection in international perspective
- Title
- Assessment in transition : learning, monitoring, and selection in international perspective / edited by Angela Little and Alison Wolf.
- Publication
- Oxford, OX, UK ; Tarrytown, N.Y., U.S.A. : Pergamon, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | LB3051 .L372 1996 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xv, 320 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- This book explores global & cross-national influences on the development of assessment systems. It combines comparative & general analyses with in-depth accounts of a wide range of countries, including those in political & economic transition.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Cross-cultural studies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- 1. Contexts and histories: the shaping of assessment practice / Angela Little -- 2. Assessment and management: World Bank support for educational testing / Marlaine E. Lockheed -- 3. After Jomtien: UNESCO's current policy on assessment / Vinayagum Chinapah -- 4. International comparisons of student achievement / Harvey Goldstein -- 5. One best system? Lessons from comparative research for assessment policy / Harold J. Noah -- 6. A turning point for assessment: reform movements in the United States / George F. Madaus and Anastasia E. Raczek -- 7. Inclusive national testing: Chile's 'quality of education assessment system' / Josefina Olivares -- 8. Assessment developments in England and Wales: the triumph of tradition / Patricia Broadfoot and Caroline Gipps -- 9. Shifts towards monitoring in the world's largest education selection system: current Chinese experience / Meng Hong-wei.
- ISBN
- 0080427677
- 9780080427676
- LCCN
- 96013521
- OCLC
- ocm34356944
- 34356944
- SCSB-8905082
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library