Examining the world : a history of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate / edited by Sandra Raban.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raban, Sandra.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cambridge Assessment.

Educational tests and measurements--Great Britain--History.

Educational tests and measurements.

Cambridge Assessment--History.

Education--Standards--Great Britain--History.

Education.

Education--Standards.

History.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiv, 199 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Summary:

Examinations are deeply embedded in our culture and govern the career prospects of millions of people around the world. The University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, now Cambridge Assessment, was at the forefront of introducing public examinations for schools with the aim of raising standards in education. Examining the World explains how the organisation, established in 1858, has evolved into a world authority on assessment with three distinct areas of operation: international examinations, UK examinations, and English examinations for Speakers of Other Languages. This is the first full-length history of the organisation, describing the development of its examinations from the early days to their present form, by authors associated with Cambridge Assessment and other parts of the University. Examining the World sets the history of the Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate in its institutional context as a department of the University, and explores its role in the immense changes which have taken place in examining in the UK and the wider world over the past 150 years.

Contents:

1 The University / Elisabeth Leedham-Green 12

2 Cambridge Local Examinations 1858-1945 / Andrew Watts 36

3 Home examinations after 1945 / Helen Patrick, John Patrick 71

4 International examinations after 1945 / Greg Lacey 106

5 English language examinations / Peter Falvey 131

6 Research and development / Gillian Cooke 158

2 Secretaries of the Syndicate 182.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-188) and index.

ISBN:

9780521884143

0521884144

9780521709422

0521709423

OCLC:

166357538

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