%0 Journal Article
%T Review on assessment of studentsĄŻ academic achievements studies in China
%A Mei ZHONG
%J Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching
%D 2008
%I Hong Kong Institute of Education
%X A new wave of school curriculum reform has been launched in China since 2001 with the publication of the new National Curriculum Standards. Promoting the function of assessment for learning more than on selecting has become an urgent issue on the way of reform. Three national projects have been started up to solve the problems: a) Junior Secondary Science Graduation Examination Study, which focuses on situated test itemsĄŻ development; b) Senior Secondary School StudentsĄŻ Academic Achievements Study, which focuses on open-ended test itemsĄŻ grading and formative assessment; c) Assessment for Teacher Professional Development and Student Development Study, which focuses on qualitative assessment and portfolio assessment. This paper reviews these three projectsĄŻ achievements and discusses the problems which need to be resolved in the future.
%K assessment for learning
%K assessment of academic achievements
%U http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt/v9_issue1/zhongm/cindex.htm