High-Stakes Testing

Zusatztext

<p>This book provides a detailed account of the origin, development, administration, revision and subsequent research findings on the benchmarking initiative from 1996-2016. It presents an overall assessment of the initiatives impact on major stakeholders, predictions regarding the way forward, and implications for other countries, especially in South East Asia. In addition, the book discusses what the larger global community can learn from Hong Kongs two-decade experience of conceptualizing and implementing minimum standard language requirements for teachers.</p>

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<div>David Coniam is Chair Professor of Curriculum and Assessment and Head of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Education University of Hong Kong. He is a teacher educator, working with teachers in Hong Kong¿s primary and secondary schools. His main research interests are in language assessment, language teaching methodology and computer-assisted language learning.</div><div> </div><div>Peter Falvey is a teacher educator. A former Head of Department at the University of Hong Kong, he currently holds an honorary professorial role with the Education University of Hong Kong. His main research interests are in language assessment, first and second language writing methodology, and text linguistics.</div>

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