Tradeoffs in Examination Policies: An International Comparative Perspective.

Noah, Harold J.; Eckstein, Max A.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Tradeoffs in Examination Policies: An International Comparative Perspective.

Noah, Harold J.; Eckstein, Max A.

Oxford Review of Education, v15 n1 p17-27 Mar 1989

Reports on recent changes in examination policy and practice in China, England and Wales, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Japan, Sweden, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Identifies and discusses some significant trade-offs arising from the implementation of examination policy. Discusses four nearly universal dilemmas of examination policy. (KO)

Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, National Competency Tests, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Test Bias, Test Coaching, Test Results, Test Selection, Testing Problems, Tests

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: China; France; Japan; Sweden; United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Wales); USSR; West Germany

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