Research Catalog

Title

Secondary school examinations : international perspectives on policies and practice / Max A. Eckstein and Harold J. Noah.

Author

Eckstein, Max A.

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1993.

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Additional Authors

Noah, Harold J.

Description

xi, 283 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

Compares end-of-school examination systems in eight countries including the USA, China, Japan, Germany, England and Wales, France, Sweden and the former Soviet Union. The book reviews the systems, and compares the format, content and style of examination questions in the different countries.

Subject

• High schools > Examinations
• General Certificate of Secondary Education
• Educational tests and measurements
• Education and state
• Comparative education
• Comparative education
• Education and state
• Educational tests and measurements
• General Certificate of Secondary Education
• High schools
• Abschlussprüfung
• Höhere Schule
• Internationaler Vergleich
• Voortgezet onderwijs
• Onderwijsevaluatie
• Examens

Genre/Form

Examinations

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The candidates and their schools : the United States, Sweden, the Soviet Union, and England/Wales -- The candidates and their schools : China, Germany, France, and Japan -- The examiners : organization and control of examination systems -- The examinations : national language and literature -- The examinations : history, social studies, English, and mathematics -- The burden of examinations : demands placed on candidates -- Academic success rates : causes and consequences -- The politics of examinations : issues and conflicts -- Findings, options, trade-offs, and dilemmas.

ISBN

• 0300053932
• 9780300053937

LCCN

92038889

OCLC

• ocm27012293
• 27012293
• SCSB-8922114

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library