Introduction -- Blowing up the citadel of examinations : the English committee and the Carnegie Corporation / Martin Lawn -- Awkward knowledge : the German delegation to the International Examinations Inquiry / Florian Waldow -- Bovet's dilemma--examinations or no examinations : the Swiss contribution to the Carnegie initiative / Rita Hofstetter & Bernard Schneuwly -- The battle of the baccalauréat : the long forgotten story of a divided committee / Marc Zarrouati -- Naïve, expert and willing partners : the Scottish Council for Research in Education in the International Examinations Inquiry / Martin Lawn, Ian Deary, & David Bartholomew -- Laurin Zilliacus and the "war" against the Finnish matriculation examination / Minna Vuorio-Lehti & Annukka Jauhiainen -- Inter/national [sic] assessments as national curriculum : the case of Sweden / Christian Lundahl -- Between common schooling and the academe : the International Examinations Inquiry in Norway, 1935-1961 / Harald Jarning & Gro Hanne Aas