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Why So Much Stress?
(Daily Express, 2006-01)
This article discusses the stress associated with the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination in Trinidad and Tobago
Dragging eleven-plus measurement practice into the fourth quadrant: The Trinidad and Tobago SEA as a gendered sieve
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2006)
This paper expands upon concerns expressed about the relationship between Eleven-Plus test design and patterns of gendered achievement in Trinidad and Tobago. It includes: 1) a critical analysis of gender fairness issues, ...
Secondary school entrance examinations in the Caribbean: Legacy, policy, and evidence within an era of seamless education
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2012)
Secondary school entrance examinations remain an important feature of education systems within the Anglophone Caribbean. This is at a time when many high-performing school systems have either diversified traditional ...
Reconsidering the consequences: Gender differentials in performance and placement in the 2001 SEA
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2004)
This paper provides an analysis of the gender fairness and consequences associated with the test design used for the 2001 Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) in Trinidad and Tobago. It is argued that the rationale for ...
Students' image of the Eleven Plus: Implications for identity, motivation, and education policy
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2012)
This article seeks to add students' voices to the current discourse on the usefulness of narrowly focusing national assessment results on the establishment of merit as the basis for secondary school selection, and the ...