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Author Eckstein, Max A.

Title Secondary school examinations : international perspectives on policies and practice / Max A. Eckstein and Harold J. Noah
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1993

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Description 1 online resource
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
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
Analysis Secondary schools Examinations
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject High schools -- Examinations.
General Certificate of Secondary Education.
Educational tests and measurements.
Education and state.
Comparative education.
Educational Measurement
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
Form Electronic book
Author Noah, Harold J.
LC no. 92038889
ISBN 9780300239003
0300239009