Educational Evaluation in East Asia: Emerging Issues and Challenges

Author: Samuel S. Peng John Chi-Kin Lee  

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.‎

Publication year: 2018

E-ISBN: 9781617283857

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781606928875

Subject: G40 pedagogy

Keyword: 教育学

Language: ENG

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Educational Evaluation in East Asia: Emerging Issues and Challenges

Chapter

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

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