TY  - BOOK
AU  - Murphy, Paud, ed.
TI  - National assessments: testing the system 
T2  - EDI learning resources series
SN  - 0821336797
U1  - 379.2  
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - World Bank
KW  - POLITICA EDUCATIVA
KW  - PAISES EN DESARROLLO
KW  - ESTUDIOS DE CASOS
KW  - CASOS PRACTICOS
KW  - APLICACIONES
KW  - ESTIMACION
KW  - TERCER MUNDO
N1  - Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction / Marlaine E. Lockheed and Paud Murphy -- Pt. 1. Overview: 2. International context for assessments / Marlaine E. Lockheed -- 3. What are national assessments and why do them? / O. C. Nwana -- 4. Can public examinations be used to provide information for national assessment? / Thomas Kellaghan -- Pt. 2. Planning: 5. Stages in national assessment / Vincent Greaney -- 6. Considerations for costing national assessments / Lunn Ilon -- 7. The design of tests for national assessment purposes / John Izard -- Pt. 3. Cases: 8. National assessment in Chile / Erika Himmel -- 9. National assessment in England and Wales / Thomas Kellaghan -- 10. National assessment in Thailand / Kowit Pravalpruk -- 11. The Colombian education assessment system / Carlos Rojas -- 12. The grade 3 and 5 assessment in Egypt / David Carroll -- Pt. 4. Lessons: 13. Lessons learned / Vincent Greaney and Carlos Rojas
ER  -