Secondary School External Examination Systems: Reliability, Robustness and Resilience

Table of Contents
Foreword
Language Notes
1: Introduction: The Importance of External Examinations in Education • Stephen P. Heyneman
2: Country Case Study: France • Françoise Cros
3: Country Case Study: England • Jo-Anne Baird
4: Country Case Study: Australia (New South Wales) • John Bennett
5: Country Case Study: Canada (Alberta) • Nola Aitken
6: Country Case Study: Malaysia • Noraini Idris
7: Country Case Study: Singapore • Chew Lee Chin
8: Country Case Study: South Africa • Sarie J. Berkhout and Peter A. D. Beets
9: Country Case Study: Lebanon • Murad Jurdak and Saouma BouJaoude
10: Country Case Study: Pakistan • Irshad Hussain
11: Country Case Study: Bhutan • Phub Rinchen
12: Country Case Study: Vietnam • Dang Ba Lam, Dao Van Vy and Nguyen Minh Hang
13: Country Case Study: Greece • Georgia Kontogiannopoulou-Polydorides, Maria Ntelikou and Christina Polydorides
14: Country Case Study: Hungary • András Buda
15: Country Case Study: Austria • Barbara Eller and Michael Schratz
16: Country Case Study: Russia (Karelia) • Marina Gvozdeva
17: Country Case Study: Azerbaijan • Elmina Kazimzade and Iveta Silova
18: External Examinations Beyond National Borders: Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean Examinations Council • Jerome De Lisle
19: External Examinations Beyond National Borders: New Zealand and the Cambridge International Examinations • Glenn Vallender
20: External Examinations Beyond National Borders: Queensland (Australia) and the International Baccalaureate • Bill Allen and Kylie Readman
21: External Examinations Beyond National Borders: The International Baccalaureate • George Pook
22: Synthesis: External Examinations in Retrospect and Prospect • Barend Vlaardingerbroek and Neil Taylor
List of Contributors
Index