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Cai, Yuyang; Yang, Min; Yao, Juanjuan – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2022
This study investigated the relationship between formative assessment and reading achievement in Hong Kong, a Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) society. 4,837 Hong Kong students were surveyed in a nine-item questionnaire that was used as indicator variable of formative assessment strategies. The study used multi-group structural equation modelling…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Reading Achievement, Foreign Countries
Jensen, Ben; Sonnemann, Julie; Roberts-Hull, Katie; Hunter, Amélie – National Center on Education and the Economy, 2016
This report illustrates how four high-performing systems--British Columbia (Canada), Hong Kong, Shanghai (China) and Singapore--developed their teacher professional learning. The report and accompanying materials are designed as a resource for teachers, school leaders and policymakers wanting to improve teacher professional learning in their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Teacher Education, Program Development
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Lau, Kwok-Chi – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2009
The OECD "Programme for International Student Assessment" or (PISA) is one of the largest-scale international efforts that have been launched to assess students' scientific literacy. Such an international assessment would likely exert a profound impact on the science education policies of the participating countries/regions, including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Literacy, Science Education, Evaluation Methods
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Ho, Esther Sui-Chu – Education Journal, 2003
Developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is a regular survey to assess the preparedness of 15-year-olds for adult life in over 40 countries/regions. Hong Kong joined PISA in 2000. This article introduces the background and framework of PISA and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Assessment, Comparative Education, Evaluation Methods
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Wu, Margaret – Education Journal, 2003
This article presents key features of the mathematics assessment in OECD's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), from the point of view of the design of test items to fit in with the PISA mathematics framework. A brief description is first given to provide some background to the development of the PISA mathematics framework. The…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Test Items, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries