Examinations
By: Joint editors: Joseph A. Lauwerys [and] David G. Scanlon
Series: The World yearbook of education -- 1969; World year book of education -- 1969
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
Published: 1969
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
Subjects: Examinations
Notes: Published in association with the University of London Institute of Education and Teachers College, Columbia University.

Includes biblography.
Table of contents: title: Education and examinations  -- Brian Holmes, J.A. Lauwerys; title: The evolution of examinations  -- A.V. Judges; title: Theories of examinations  -- J. Lloyd Brereton; title: Types of examination  -- Philip E. Vernon; title: Objective testing  -- A.J. Stauffer; title: Guidance testing  -- Zeev Sardi; title: Reliability and validity of examinations  -- Roy Cox; title: The predicive value of school marks and tests for higher education in Sweden  -- Sixten Marklund; title: Some inquiries into the problems of real assessment (docimologie)  -- Françoise Bacher; title: The reliability of the number-marking system : an Austrian study  -- Rudolf Weiss; title: Organization and structure in different countries : England and Wales  -- Henry G. Macintosh and Daisy M. Penfold; title: Scotland  -- Douglas M. McIntoch; title: France  -- Louis Legrand; title: Mainland Tanzania  -- R.C. Honeybone and J.K. Beattie; title: West Germany  -- Karlheinz Ingenkamp; title: German Democratic Republic  -- Horst Möhle; title: The Soviet Union  -- V. Strezikozin; title: Selection for education by examination : The United States of America  -- John A. Valentine; title: The Netherlands  -- J. de Bruijn; title: Argentina  -- Nuria Cortada de Kohan; title: The United Arab Republic  -- Yusef S. El-Din Kotb; title: Nigeria  -- Kenneth Mellanby; title: Brazil  -- Manuel B. Lourenço Filho; title: India  -- Snehlata Shukla; title: Japan -- Kazuhiko Nakayama.; title: Examination and ritual initiation  -- Rosemary Firth; title: Effects of examinations on the economy  -- Louis J. Emmerij; title: Sociological aspects of examinations  -- Jean Capelle; title: Economics of skill labeling  -- Harvey Leibenstein; title: Classification of results in degree examinations in England and the United States  -- W.R. Niblett; title: Examinations and the economy : an African study  -- S.H. Irvine; title: Japan's academic career-cult  -- Shuji Wada; title: The examination stranglehold in India  -- K.C. Mukherjee; title: Examinations as a determinant of national development  -- Iraj Ayman; title: Selection and social mobility in Indonesia  -- I.P. Simandjuntak; title: The dimensions of vocational preference and prestige in an African elite group  -- S.H. Irvine; title: Educational effects of examinations  -- Frank Bowles; title: Examinations, education and the developing child  -- Martin J. Langeveld; title: Educational effects of examinations in the United States  -- Ralph W. Tyler; title: The educational effects of examinations in England and Wales  -- J.W. Tibble; title: Examinations and educational objectives  -- F. Hotyat; title: Educational effects and examinations on pupils, teachers and society  -- Ruth H.K. Wong; title: The Council of Europe's programme in the field of school examinations  -- Roberto La Porta; title: Examinations : trends and prospects -- Naim N. Atiyeh.