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Nuyen, N. A. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1986
This paper looks at some of the problems arising from the procedures used by the Queensland, Australia, Board of Secondary School Studies to compile percentile scores known as Tertiary Entrance Scores. Although efforts to equate across schools and across subjects are being challenged, at present there is no alternative. (LMO)
Descriptors: Equated Scores, Foreign Countries, Norm Referenced Tests, Scaling
Broadfoot, Patricia – 1994
The educational assessment quality assurance and control practices of Germany, Sweden, France, New Zealand, and Australia are compared to illustrate the considerable variety of approaches and some of the social factors that contribute to this variety. In Germany there is considerable variation from one province to another, and quality assurance…
Descriptors: Accountability, Centralization, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment