Educational Evaluation in East Asia : Emerging Issues and Challenges.

Intro -- EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IN EAST ASIA: EMERGING ISSUES AND CHALLENGES -- EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IN EAST ASIA: EMERGING ISSUES AND CHALLENGES -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- ORGANIZATION OF THE BOOK -- CHAPTER SYNOPSIS -- 1. Evaluation of Higher Education -- 2. Evaluation of Mathematics and Science Learning -- 3. Evaluation for School Improvement -- 4. Evaluation for Quality Assurance -- 5. Evaluation for Mixed Purposes and Educational Reform -- 6. School Self-Evaluation -- 7. Evaluation of Educational Progress -- 8. Evaluation of School Performance -- 9. Evaluation of Teacher Performance -- 10. Evaluation of Student Achievement -- PERSISTING CHALLENGES AND CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO POSITIVE CHANGES -- REFERENCES -- PART I. PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES -- Chapter 1 EDUCATION EVALUATION AND ASSESSMENT IN TAIWAN: STATUS, INNOVATIONS AND CHALLENGES -- I. PREFACE -- II. STATUS -- A. Legal Basis - The University Act: The MOE's Responsiblities in Evaluating Universities -- B. Developing a Higher Education Evaluation Agency Suitable for Taiwan -- III. INNOVATIVE ACTIONS -- A. Creating a Well-Designed Evaluation System -- B. Leading Universities Towards Greater Autonomy -- C. Improving the Quality of University Management, Efficiently Allocating Education Funding -- IV. CHALLENGES -- A. Training Professional Evaluators -- B. Increasing Evaluation Funding -- C. Designing Evaluation Indicators and Methods -- D. Implementing Self Evaluation -- E. The Fairness of Evaluators -- F. Procedure for Generating Evaluation Results -- G. Ways of Presenting the Evaluation Results -- H. Evaluation Follow-Up Mechanism -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter 2 EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IN SINGAPORE: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EDUCATION SYSTEM IN SINGAPORE.

EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS LEARNING AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL -- EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS LEARNING AT THE POST PRIMARY LEVELS -- INSTITUTIONAL EVALUATION OF SCHOOLS IN SINGAPORE -- DISCUSSION -- FUTURE SCENARIOS -- Question -- Answer -- Reason -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IN SOUTH KOREA: CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. SCHOOL ACTIVITIES RECORDS (SAR) -- III. NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT (NAEA) -- IV. COLLEGE SCHOLASTIC ABILITY TEST (CSAT) -- V. TEACHER COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION (TCDE) -- VI. TEACHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE ACCREDITATION SYSTEM (TEIAS) -- VII. CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION AND CHALLENGES OF PRACTICING EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IN THAILAND -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE -- National Education Standards -- Educational Standards for Internal Quality Assurance -- Educational Standards for External Quality Assessment -- 1) Educational Standards for External Quality Assessment at Basic Education Level -- 2) Educational Standards for External Quality Assessment at Higher Education Level -- DEVELOPMENT OF A QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEM -- Internal Quality Assurance -- External Quality Assessment -- PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS -- Standards of Professional Knowledge and Experience -- Standards of Performance -- Standards of Conduct -- BASIC EDUCATION -- Present Status of Basic Education -- Basic Education Curriculum -- (1) Basic Education Curriculum at the National Level -- (2) Basic Education Curriculum at the Institutional Level -- ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ASSESSMENTS IN BASIC EDUCATION -- Educational Assessments at the Institutional Level -- Educational Tests at the National Level.

Current Issues and Policy Recommendations -- At the National Level -- 1. Quality Assurance System -- 2. Teacher Evaluation -- At the Institutional level -- ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ASSESSMENT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION -- Access to Higher Education -- Reform of the Higher Education Admission System -- (1) The Direct University Admission System -- (2) The Central University Admission System (CUAS) -- (3) Special Programmes and the Quota System -- New Designs, New Challenges and Policy Recommendations -- (1)New Designs -- (2) New Challenges -- (3) Policy Recommendations -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IN HONG KONG: STATUS AND CHALLENGES -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. CONTEXT AND OVERVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IN HONG KONG -- III. QUALITY ASSURANCE, SELF-EVALUATION AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT FOR HONG KONG SCHOOLS -- IV. BASIC COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT AS "STATE" EVALUATION: A FORM OF SYSTEM EVALUATION -- V. TEACHER (STAFF) APPRAISAL AS A FORM OF SCHOOL-BASED TEACHER EVALUATION -- VI. INITIAL OBSERVATIONS ON PRINCIPALS' AND TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES (E.G., ESR AND SSE, TSA AND TEACHER APPRAISAL) -- VII. THE WAY FORWARD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- PART II. VARIATIONS AND EVOLUATION -- Chapter 6 EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION AND QUALITY ASSURANCE: THE CASE OF HONG KONG -- ABSTRACT -- THE QUALITY ASSURANCE MOVEMENT IN HONG KONG -- QUALITY ASSURANCE THROUGH SELF-EVALUATION -- What Is School Self-Evaluation? -- The Basic Steps in School Self-Evaluation -- A Bottom-Up Approach to School Self-Evaluation in Hong Kong -- SETTING-UP A SELF-EVALUATION FRAMEWORK -- Relationships among Performance Indicators, School Improvement and Educational Research -- Theoretical Framework for Educational Evaluation -- A Standardized Set of Performance Indicators for Comparison.

Sets of School-Based Performance Indicators -- CONCRETE BENEFITS TO SCHOOLS -- THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SCHOOL SELF-EVALUATION IN HONG KONG -- Factors That Hindered the Implementation of SSE -- Hindrances at the System Level -- Hindrances at the School Organizational Level -- Factors That Facilitated the Implementation of SSE -- Facilitators at the System Level -- Facilitators at the School Organizational Level -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENTS (SBA): IMPLEMENTATION AND CHALLENGES IN THE MALAYSIAN CONTEXT -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE MALAYSIAN EDUCATIONAL AND EXAMINATION SYSTEM -- 2.1. Assessments and Public Obsessions -- 2.2. Chinese High Schools -- 3. THE NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF THE EXAMINATION ORIENTATION -- 3.1. Pressure to Excel -- 3.2. Exam-Orientation in Instructional Strategy and Private Tuition -- 4. DILUTING THE INFLUENCE OF EXAM-OBSESSION: THE MINISTRY'S EFFORTS -- 4.1. School-Based Projects and Formative Assessments -- 4.2. The Planned New Role of ICT in Assessment and Smart Schools -- 4.3. Blueprint for Educational Development -- 5. SCHOOL-BASED ASSESSMENT: THE ROAD MAP -- 5.1. Public Reactions -- 5.2. A Culture with an Entrenched Examination-Orientation -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 CURRENT ISSUES REGARDING THE SCHOOL EVALUATION SYSTEM IN JAPAN -- 1. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL EVALUATION SYSTEM IN JAPAN -- 2. EVALUATION GUIDELINES FOR COMPULSORY EDUCATION SCHOOLS -- 3. SCHOOL EVALUATION AS A MEANS OF STRUCTURAL REFORM OF THE EXISTING COMPULSORY EDUCATION SYSTEM -- 4. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SCHOOL EVALUATION SYSTEM -- 5. MEASURES TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 9 TEACHER EVALUATION IN THAILAND: CURRENT ISSUES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. OBJECTIVES.

3. QUANTITY AND QUALIFICATIONS OF TEACHERS -- 3.1. Number of School Teachers in Basic Education in 2001-2005 -- 3.2.Number of Faculty in Higher Education, (Academic Year) 2001-2005 -- 3.3. Number and Qualifications of School Teachers, (Academic Year) 2004 -- 4. TEACHER CLASSIFICATION FRAMEWORK AND SALARY STRUCTURE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS -- 5. TYPES OF TEACHER EVALUATION -- Induction Program Evaluation -- Annual Performance Evaluation -- Academic Status Evaluation -- 6. CURRENT ISSUES IN TEACHER EVALUATION -- 6.1. Criteria for Performance-Based Teacher Evaluation -- 6.2. Professional Judgment in Teacher Performance Assessment -- 7. FUTURE PROSPECTS OF TEACHER EVALUATION -- 8. IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 PISA AS A CATALYST FOR CAPACITY BUILDING FOR EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION IN MACAO -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FORGING LINKS AND PROMOTING DIALOGUES WITHIN AND ACROSS THE VARIOUS OPERATIONAL LEVELS AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE OF PISA PROJECTS -- 3. FIRST-HAND UNDERSTANDING OF PERSPECTIVES LEADING TO A LITERACY ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR TEST UNITS DESIGN -- 4. FIRST-HAND UNDERSTANDING OF CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS THAT WILL MAKE POSSIBLE A ROADMAP FOR QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN -- 5. CUTTING-EDGE METHODOLOGIES FOR HANDLING WEIGHTING AND SAMPLING ERRORS IN COMPLEX SAMPLING DESIGN -- 6. CUTTING-EDGE METHODOLOGIES FOR HANDLING SCALING AND MEASUREMENT ERRORS IN COMPLEX TEST BOOKLET DESIGN -- 7. WELL-PLANNED STRATEGIES FOR DISSEMINATING PISA RESULTS TO PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND THE PUBLIC -- 8. PIONEERING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE ASSESSMENT OF ELECTRONIC READING LITERACY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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