High-Stakes Testing

Section I Background to Higher-Stakes Assessment.- 1 Introduction and Background to High-Stakes Assessment.- 2 Research Literature.- 3 Issues in High-Stakes Assessment.- 4 Background to the Hong Kong Education System.- 5 The Initial 1996 Consultancy Study.- 6 The English Language Benchmark Subject Committee.- 7 The Pilot Benchmark Assessment (English).- 8 Determining Benchmarks after the PBAE.- Section II The LPATE Enhancement Courses in Hong Kong: The Case of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.- 9 The LPATE Training Courses: An Initiative to improve Teacher Language Proficiency.- 10 The CUHK LPATE Training COurses: Reading and Listening.- 11 The CUHK LPATE Training Courses: Writing, Speaking and Classroom Language.- Section III The LPATE: A High-Stakes Assessment in Operation (2001-2007).- 12 The Operation of the LPATE (2001-2005).- 13 The Revision of the LPATE.- 14 Maintaining Standards in the Indirectly-Assessed Components of the LPATE.- 15 Misconceptions of the LPATE in the Media: Perspectives on Educational Change.- 16 A Quantitative Investigation of Stakeholder Perceptions.- 17 A Qualitative Interpretation of the Impact of the LPATE on Key Stakeholders.- Section V Conclusion.- 18 Concluding Comments on the Benchmarking (LPATE) Project: Strengths, Weaknesses and Constraints.