Tests and Exams in Singapore Schools

What School Leaders, Teachers and Parents Need to Know

Assessment, mainly in the form of tests and examinations, plays a critical role in the schooling of Singaporean students. The results are often used to make irrevocable decisions on the students' future education careers.

This book is written with school leaders, teachers, and parents in mind, with the view of helping them to better understand the processes and products of assessment via tests and exams. It is written in simple terms, using minimal technical terms, and introduces school leaders, teachers, and parents to essential concepts and principles of educational measurements which are relevant in the school context in Singapore.

While existing books on educational measurement are academically-oriented and meant for formal training courses, this book makes self-study simple by using practical examples couched in layman's language. In addition, this book uses concrete examples and analogies to make the text reader-friendly.

Contents:

• What Do We Need to Know About Tests and Exams?
• Why Must Students Take Exams?
• What Makes a Fair Exam?
• Answers Students Have to Choose
• Answers Students Have to Write
• T-Score: What Is It, and Why?
• What Is a Good Mark?
• Can Exams Be Trusted?
• Preparing for Exams and Coping with Exam Stress
• How Is Creativity Assessed?
• Project Work: What Is It For and How Is It Assessed?
• Rubrics and Assessment for Learning
• Above-Level Testing: Good or Bad?
• Grade Point Average: Beware of Its Pitfalls
• What Is Assessment Literacy?
• How Assessment Literate Are You?

Readership: School leaders, teachers, and parents in Singapore, as well as postgraduate students, teacher-trainees, and education officers.
Key Features:

• It covers important aspects of tests and examinations in Singapore schools
• It is written in simple language, using a minimum of technical terms
• It discusses issues from the perspective of tests/exams users