Links - Papers and Articles - Asia

Assessment in China
Andreas, J. (2004). Leveling the Little Pagoda: The Impact of College Examinations, and Their Elimination, on Rural Education in China. Comparative Education Review, 48 (1), 1-47.

Assessment in Hong Kong
Cheng, L. (1997). How Does Washback Influence Teaching? Implications for Hong Kong.

Cheng, L. (1999). Changing assessment: Washback on teacher perceptions and actions. Teaching and Teacher Education, 15 (3), 253-271.

Cheng, L. (2003). Looking at the Impact of a Public Examination Change on Secondary Classroom Teaching: A Hong Kong Case Study. Journal of Classroom Interaction, 38 (1), 1-10.

Cheng, M. H. & Cheung , W. M. (2005). Science and biology assessment in Hong Kong - progress and developments . Journal of Biological Education, 40 (1), 11-16.

Hung Cheng, M. (2006). Junior secondary science teachers' understanding and practice of alternative assessment in Hong Kong: Implications for teacher professional development. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, & Technology Education, 6 (3), 227-243. (Without copy)

Lam, C. C. (2003). The romance and reality of policy-making and implementation: A case study of the target-oriented curriculum in Hong Kong. Journal of Education Policy, 18 (6), 641-655.

Watkins, D.,  Dahlin, B. & Ekholm, M. (2005). Awareness of the backwash effect of assessment: A phenomenographic study of the views of Hong Kong and Swedish lecturers. Instructional Science, 33 (4), 283-309.

Yung, B. H-W. (2002). Same assessment, different practice: professional consciousness as a determinant of teachers' practice in a school-based assessment scheme. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 9 (1), 97 ¡V 117

Yung, B. H-W. (2002). Ways of seeing and ways of enacting an assessment reform. Paper presented at the American Education Research Association Annual Meeting 2002, New Orleans, April 1-5, 2002.

Assessment in Japan
Whitman, N. C. (1999). The Japanese middle schools: A reflection on practices, issues and trends. Paper presented at the Japan-United States Teacher Education Consortium Conference (Honolulu, Hawaii, August 1999).

Assessment in Singapore
Mee, C. Y. (1998). The Examination Culture and its Impact on Literacy Innovations: The Case of Singapore.

Assessment in Taiwan
Chen, L. M. (2002). Washback of a public exam on English teaching.

Others
Holloway, J. H. (2003). A global perspective on student accountability. Educational Leadership, 60 (5), 74-75.