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Simui, Francis; Chibale, Henry; Namangala, Boniface – Open Praxis, 2017
This paper focuses on the management of distance education examination in a lowly resourced North-Eastern region of Zambia. The study applies Hermeneutic Phenomenology approach to generate and make sense of the data. It is the lived experiences of 2 invigilators and 66 students purposively selected that the study draws its insights from. Meaning…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Phenomenology, Testing Programs, Testing
Di Giacomo, F. Tony; Fishbein, Bethany G.; Buckley, Vanessa W. – College Board, 2013
Many articles and reports have reviewed, researched, and commented on international assessments from the perspective of exploring what is relevant for the United States' education systems. Researchers make claims about whether the top-performing systems have transferable practices or policies that could be applied to the United States. However,…
Descriptors: Comparative Testing, International Assessment, Relevance (Education), Testing Programs
Spring, Joel – Review of Educational Research, 2008
Research on globalization and education involves the study of intertwined worldwide discourses, processes, and institutions affecting local educational practices and policies. The four major theoretical perspectives concerning globalization and education are world culture, world systems, postcolonial, and culturalist. The major global educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Global Approach, Educational Research
Harvey, Dick – School Guidance Worker, 1980
Standardized testing is here to stay. Critics are serving a useful purpose in that they force users to examine benefits and the drawbacks. This process has an inevitable spinoff effect since almost every user of standardized tests is involved in a classroom situation where informal testing is ongoing. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests
Studd, Dave – School Guidance Worker, 1980
Guidance services must be concerned with helping students understand themselves and their environments. Testing cannot be an isolated strategy but a tool that is at the disposal of a counselor to help students cope with the decisions of each developmental stage. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Role, Educational Improvement, Foreign Countries
Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2006
Published twice a year and distributed nationwide, "Strategies for Success" keeps readers informed about events and developments in the field of drug testing. It reports the latest research findings on the effectiveness of drug testing as a tool for reducing substance abuse. Each issue also provides a wealth of guidance and resources on…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Testing Programs, Program Costs
Miles, Carol A.; Lee, Curtis – 2002
When the drive to develop and administer tests comes from a public call for accountability in a profession, from the government's response to this call, or from politicians attempting to identify a hot issue, it may be said that the test must first have political validity in order to be implemented. Only after this political validity has been…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Political Influences, Psychometrics
Polydorides, Georgia – 1983
This study compared the different modes of evaluation at work in Greece's secondary school graduation and university admission process. The goals of the study were (1) to provide background information regarding the contribution of in-school assessment scores and external examination scores to higher education admissions decisions, and (2) to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Essay Tests
Bedal, C. L., Ed.; Morris, Joan, Ed. – School Guidance Worker, 1981
Describes testing programs in Canada and suggests cautions to be used in psychological and diagnostic testing. Also discusses the use of standardized tests, computers, test validity and effectiveness, and parent attitudes. The demands of accountability and better management require counselor attention to testing and guidance. (JAC)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Keeves, J. P. – 1992
The first and second International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement Science Studies examined and compared science achievement in 19 and 26 countries, respectively. This paper considered 10 technical issues that arose in these 2 studies of science education and achievement. The issues discussed were the: (1) need for the…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Nagy, Philip; Traub, Ross E. – 1986
This three-part document provides strategies for evaluating the impact of a province-wide testing program in Ontario (Canada) and reviews the literature on the impact of testing. Part One identifies the effects of province-wide examinations for selected high school courses and proposes four studies to monitor these effects: (1) an analysis of data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Granander, Stig – 1993
Pertinent research studies, legislative documents, labor market agreements, official reports, and governmental decisions on issues concerning vocational education and training (VET) in Sweden were analyzed in an effort to evaluate the state of coordination of VET in Sweden and the effectiveness of its National Training Board. The findings of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Continuing Education
Wilson, David N. – 1993
In January 1991 the Federal Minister of Employment and Immigration announced the establishment of the Canadian Labour Force Development Board (CLFDB) as Canada's national training board. Training boards at the provincial and local levels are still in the developmental stage. The lack of a national coordinating mechanism for all aspects of training…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Board of Education Role, Boards of Education, Continuing Education
Desjarlais, Lionel – 1977
A survey was conducted among Ontario, Canada teachers, administrators, and parents regarding the following aspects of French-language achievement testing: which standardized and criterion-referenced tests were used; who developed the tests; how test results were used; how school boards communicated test results to parents; what trends existed in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment

Hu, C. T. – Comparative Education, 1984
Premodern Chinese education emphasized an intricate system of examinations used by the government to select its officials from among the "shih" (scholars). A dual tract educational system existed: state and some private schools for examination bound scholars, and private schools for others fortunate enough to receive some education. (MH)
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Comparative Education, Competitive Selection, Confucianism