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Dong, Manxia; Fan, Jason; Xu, Jian – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
Understanding of the differential washback effects of high-stakes tests on students' learning remains limited. This study attempts to fill this research gap by investigating the differential washback effects of the National Matriculation English Test (NMET) in China on students' English learning process across genders, grades and English…
Descriptors: Testing Problems, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Davies, Dan – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2016
In Nepal, the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) assessment taken by 16-year-olds at the end of Grade 10 of formal schooling performs a similar function to the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examination in England in that it summarises individual, school, district and national achievement and acts as a filtering mechanism to the…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Comparative Education, Government Employees, Ethnic Groups