High-stakes testing : the impact of the LPATE on English language teachers in Hong Kong /: the impact of the LPATE on English language teachers in Hong Kong. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Coniam, Peter Falvey, editors.
• Editors: Coniam, David; Falvey, Peter
• Contents: Section I Background to Higher-Stakes Assessment -- 1 Introduction and Background to High-Stakes Assessment -- 2 Research Literature -- 3 Issues in High-Stakes Assessment -- 4 Background to the Hong Kong Education System -- 5 The Initial 1996 Consultancy Study -- 6 The English Language Benchmark Subject Committee -- 7 The Pilot Benchmark Assessment (English) -- 8 Determining Benchmarks after the PBAE -- Section II The LPATE Enhancement Courses in Hong Kong: The Case of the Chinese University of Hong Kong -- 9 The LPATE Training Courses: An Initiative to improve Teacher Language Proficiency -- 10 The CUHK LPATE Training COurses: Reading and Listening -- 11 The CUHK LPATE Training Courses: Writing, Speaking and Classroom Language -- Section III The LPATE: A High-Stakes Assessment in Operation (2001-2007) -- 12 The Operation of the LPATE (2001-2005) -- 13 The Revision of the LPATE -- 14 Maintaining Standards in the Indirectly-Assessed Components of the LPATE -- 15 Misconceptions of the LPATE in the Media: Perspectives on Educational Change -- 16 A Quantitative Investigation of Stakeholder Perceptions -- 17 A Qualitative Interpretation of the Impact of the LPATE on Key Stakeholders -- Section V Conclusion -- 18 Concluding Comments on the Benchmarking (LPATE) Project: Strengths, Weaknesses and Constraints.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (428 pages)
• Subjects: 371.26095125; Educational tests and measurements -- China -- Hong Kong -- Evaluation; EDUCATION -- Administration -- General; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; Educational tests and measurements -- Evaluation; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation; Language Education; Teaching and Teacher Education; China -- Hong Kong; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9811063583; 9789811063589
• Related ISBNs: 9789811063572; 9811063575
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 27, 2018).
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