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Suvorov, A. V. – Russian Education & Society, 2016
This work outlines the historical background and implications for deaf-blind psychology of the so-called Zagorsk Experiment, which was conducted in the USSR in the early-to-mid-1970s. Pioneered by the Department of Psychology at Moscow State University, the experiment involved conducting extensive fundamental research and deploying a comprehensive…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Psychology, Foreign Countries, Rehabilitation
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Bethell, George; Zabulionis, Algirdas – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2012
Since the break up of the USSR, its former republics have seen the emergence and rapid expansion of an examinations industry that was, to all intents and purposes, unknown in Soviet times. New national assessment agencies have been established and been charged with, amongst other things, developing high-stakes exams to replace the diverse and…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Educational Development