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Download full textGipps, Caroline; Goldstein, Harvey – 1984
New developments in testing in the United Kingdom (UK) since 1965 are described. Standardized testing at the local level declined dramatically with the widespread introduction of comprehensive secondary education. However, in the late 1970's widespread local testing programs were re-introduced for the purposes of monitoring student progress,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedFaigel, Harris C. – Academic Medicine, 1992
A survey of 103 Canadian and U.S. medical schools found 93 accepted students with learning disabilities whereas 10 did not. Only two-thirds had support programs, and half lacked capacity to diagnose learning disabilities. Twenty-five did not know they could administer licensing examinations in a nonstandard manner. Nineteen had no senior…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Diagnosis, Foreign Countries, Handicap Identification
