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Why Do We Have National Assessments?
(Daily Express, 2008)
This article discusses the purpose of national assessments in Trinidad and Tobago. It suggests that national assessments are important in the pursuit of "education for all," because they provide useful information on the ...
Factors impacting on student learning: A preliminary look at the National Test of Trinidad and Tobago
(School of Education, UWI, St. Augustine, 2009)
National assessments of student achievement in the basic skills or curricular domains of reading, writing, mathematics, and science are conducted in many countries with the aim of improving the quality of education. This ...
Students’ achievement, students’ perceptions and predictors of success: A further look at the National Test of Trinidad and Tobago: [Unpublished] Research report
(2014-12-16)
This research report is based on the 2009 National Test results in Trinidad and Tobago in the subject areas of Language Arts and Mathematics. It is the sequel to an earlier study by Anderson, George, and Herbert (2009), ...
Globalization, nation-State and catching up
(Editora 34, 2008-12-01)
Globalization and nation-states are not in contradiction, since globalization is the present stage of capitalist development, and the nation-state is the territorial political unit that organizes the space and population ...
National Culture, Families, or Education Policies: What Determines National Test Scores?
(Universidad EAFITEscuela de Economía y Finanzas, 2017-06-18)
Conventional analyses attribute cross-country differences in students’ average test scores to family characteristics, school resources, and school system characteristics, but institutional economists and cultural anthropologists ...