Assessment Profile of Malaysia: High-Stakes External Examinations Dominate

Autor/in	Ong, Saw Lan
Titel	Assessment Profile of Malaysia: High-Stakes External Examinations Dominate
Quelle	In: Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 17 (2010) 1, S.91-103 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0969-594X
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Elementary Schools; Secondary Schools; Academic Achievement; Educational Administration; National Competency Tests; Foreign Countries; Religious Education; High Stakes Tests; Decision Making; Student Evaluation; Standardized Tests; Evaluation Methods; Special Needs Students; Testing Accommodations; Postsecondary Education; Language Usage; Asia; Malaysia; Raven Progressive Matrices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Sekundarschule; Schulleistung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Ausland; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Testing process; Accessibility (for disabled); Accessibility; Disabled person; Testdurchführung; Testen; Barrierefreiheit; Zugänglichkeit; Behinderter; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Sprachgebrauch; Asien
Abstract	Malaysia is a federation of 13 states located in South-east Asia. The country consists of two geographical regions; Peninsular Malaysia (also known as West Malaysia) and Malaysian Borneo (also known as East Malaysia) separated by the South China Sea. The educational administration in Malaysia is highly centralised with four hierarchical levels; that is, federal, state, district and the lowest level, school. Major decision- and policy-making take place at the federal level represented by the Ministry of Education (MoE), which consists of the Curriculum Development Centre, the school division, and the Malaysian Examination Syndicate (MES). Like most Asian countries, Malaysia so far has focused on public examination results as important determinants of students' progression to higher levels of education or occupational opportunities. The dominant form of assessment in the Malaysian education system is external centralised public examinations. The Malaysian education system requires all students to sit for public examinations at the end of each level of schooling. There are four public examinations from primary to post-secondary education. These are (1) the Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR) at the end of six years of primary education; (2) the Lower Secondary Examination (PMR) at the end of another three years' schooling; (3) the Malaysian Certificate of Education (SPM) at the end of 11 years of schooling; and (4) the Malaysian Higher School Certificate Examination (STPM) or the Higher Malaysian Certificate for Religious Education (STAM) at the end of 13 years' schooling. The author describes the four public examinations and talks about the new assessment system proposed by the MES which will impose greater demand on school teachers' role in assessing their students. (Contains 5 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10