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What Are Some of the Effects of Province-Wide Examinations: The Findings.

Bateson, David J. – 1990

Province-wide examinations as a graduation requirement were reinstated in British Columbia after a 10-year hiatus in 1983. This study assessed the impact of grade-12 subject examinations (embodied in the Provincial Examination Program) on students, teachers, administrators, employers, and the school system. Completed survey questionnaires were…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Bound Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 12

External Examinations and the Curriculum: Do They Monitor or Control?

Wideen, Marvin F.; And Others – 1992

The impact of large-scale testing on curriculum policies at district and school levels and on science teaching at the classroom level was studied for British Columbia (Canada). Other factors affecting teaching practices were considered. In 1983, the Province reintroduced centrally set and graded province-wide examinations for grade 12, following a…

Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries