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Examination Systems in Small States:
Comparative Perspectives on Policies, Models and Operations
Lucy Steward (Author), Mark Bray (Author)
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unspecified
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Categories:
Education, Education in Small States, Small States
ISBN No:
978-0-85092-529-6
Publication Date:
01-1998
Number of Pages:
292
Status:
In stock
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Description
This publication is based on the content of a pan-Commonwealth workshop in Barbados in 1996. Participants looked at issues such as: personnel and infrastructure; international recognition and national priorities; innovative ways of testing; using technology to improve efficiency. Examination Systems in Small States deals with the provision of examinations in small states. It presents a conceptual framework and discusses models for the administration and provision of examinations at the end of the secondary cycle.
Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Tables
List of Figures
Foreword Stephen Matlin
Introduction Mark Bray
I. Analytical Framework
1. Small States and Examination Systems – Concepts and Issues Mark Bray
II. National Perspectives
Africa
2. Botswana Serara Moahi
3. Mauritius Surendra Bissoondoyal
4. Namibia Jan Erasmus
Asia and Pacific
5. Bhutan Sangay Dorjee
6. Maldives Ibrahim Waheed
7. Samoa Lafi Sanerivi
Caribbean
8. Bahamas Leroy M. Sumner and Leanora Archer
9. Guyana Mohammed S. Khan and Juliet Persico
10. Trinidad and Tobago Janey Stanley-Marcano and Mervyn C. Alexander
Europe
11. Malta Ronald G. Sultana
III. Regional Bodies
12. Caribbean Examinations Council Roy Augier and Dennis Irvine
13. South Pacific Board for Educational Assessment Trevor Rees and Gurmit Singh
14. West African Examinations Council Matthew Ndure
IV. Metropolitan Examination Boards
15. University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate John Sadler
16. New Zealand Examining Bodies in the South Pacific Mike Murtagh and Michael Steer
V. Conclusions
17. Lessons for Conceptual Understanding Mark Bray
18. Lessons for Policy and Practice Mark Bray
Notes on Authors
References
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