Educational assessment in France is characterized by three current themes: (1) national standards and testing of student achievement; (2) mechanisms for promoting institutional quality control; and (3) development of curriculum-integrated approaches to assessment. (SK)

Focuses on a videoconferencing project that was conducted between an American and a French university. Describes the way that the exchange was set up and run, the types of equipment and materials that were used, the students' activities and assignments, the methods used for evaluating students' work, and the relationship of the project to the…