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A 12 page paper. The education system in Hong Kong is undergoing dramatic and significant changes. The reforms are directed at attitudes as well as practice in terms of curriculum and assessment. Profound changes are being made in the assessment of students. This paper explains what the system was and what the changes in assessment are. The writer discusses what these changes mean to the classroom teacher. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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what the changes in assessment are. The writer discusses what these changes mean to the classroom teacher. Bibliography lists 5 sources. PGHKasse.rtf HONG KONG: CLASSROOM EFFECTS OF ASSESSMENT REFORM
, October, 2001 properly! Historical Background The assessment process in Hong Kong schools has been
basically a selection process of weeding out those youngsters who did not meet the grade. Students who did not pass the examinations would drop out of school. Since most of
the jobs in Hong Kong did not require an education beyond the six or nine years of compulsory schooling, this approach had little perceived effect on these students. They could
secure employment with that level of education. If they needed to know more, they could learn it on the job or working in family businesses. Since many before them had
achieved financial success, it did not seem to be of major concern to the powers that be in the colony. Due to the nature of the intent of education, the
Hong Kong Government Education Department administers the teaching and delivery of education but the Hong Kong Examinations Authority, which is a nongovernmental agency, controls and administers the assessments at Secondary
5, 6, and 7 (Biggs, 1998, p. 317). These grade levels determined the youngsters future in terms of further education and then potential occupations. As a developing colony, Hong
Kong did not have the resources to promote education through secondary levels for all youngsters. The examinations were designed then to limit the number of students who went on through
the entire secondary level and on to tertiary levels. One primary job of the education system was to do exactly that - weed out the youngsters perceived as not being
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