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Educational Assessment in the 21st Century - Connecting Theory and Practice (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
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Educational Assessment in the 21st Century - Connecting Theory and Practice (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
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Signs of Change: Assessment Past, Present and Future Another Time,
Another Place...Examinations Then and Now In the Temple of
Literature in Hanoi, Vietnam, a series of stone stelae records the
names of the handful of illustrious examination candidates who, in
each century, passed the national examination to become a Doctor of
Literature. Beginning in the 11thcentury,
theexamswereconductedpersonallybysuccessivekingswhopursued
Confucian ideals that found expression in the enormous value placed
on the pursuit of wisdom and learning. In the 21st century we are
both puzzled and impressed by this tradition. Puzzled by such an
explicit commitment to a meritocracy in an essentially feudal
society; impressed by this enthusiasm for learning and the pursuit
of wisdom at the highest level of society. Yet, there are also
important similarities between the 11th and 21st centuries. Then,
as now, assessment was associated with excellence, high standards,
pr- tige and competition-success for the chosen few; disappointment
for the majority. Then, as now, the pursuit of excellence was
embedded in a social context that favoured the elite and determined
success in terms of the predilections of the p- erful. Then, as
now, the purpose of the assessment, the way it was conducted and
its impact on society all re ected the social and economic
priorities of the day
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