An Atlantic crossing? : the work of the International Examination Inquiry, its researchers, methods and influence /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Lawn, Martin
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, United Kingdom : Symposium Books, 2008.
Series:	Comparative histories of education.
Subjects:	Comparative education > International cooperation > History. Comparative education > Congresses > History. Education, Secondary > Cross-cultural studies. Education, Secondary > Research > History. Carnegie Corporation of New York. Educational tests and measurements > Research > History.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Blowing up the citadel of examinations : the English committee and the Carnegie Corporation / Martin Lawn
Awkward knowledge : the German delegation to the International Examinations Inquiry / Florian Waldow
Bovet's dilemma--examinations or no examinations : the Swiss contribution to the Carnegie initiative / Rita Hofstetter & Bernard Schneuwly
The battle of the baccalauréat : the long forgotten story of a divided committee / Marc Zarrouati
Naïve, expert and willing partners : the Scottish Council for Research in Education in the International Examinations Inquiry / Martin Lawn, Ian Deary, & David Bartholomew
Laurin Zilliacus and the "war" against the Finnish matriculation examination / Minna Vuorio-Lehti & Annukka Jauhiainen
Inter/national [sic] assessments as national curriculum : the case of Sweden / Christian Lundahl
Between common schooling and the academe : the International Examinations Inquiry in Norway, 1935-1961 / Harald Jarning & Gro Hanne Aas.