High-Stakes Testing: The Impact of the LPATE on English Language Teachers in Hong Kong

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This book provides a detailed account of the origin, development, administration, revision and subsequent research findings on the benchmarking initiative from 1996-2016. It presents an overall assessment of the initiative’s impact on major stakeholders, predictions regarding the way forward, and implications for other countries, especially in South East Asia. In addition, the book discusses what the larger global community can learn from Hong Kong’s two-decade experience of conceptualizing and implementing minimum standard language requirements for teachers. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Introduction and Background to High-Stakes Assessment (David Coniam, Peter Falvey)....Pages 3-9 Research Literature (David Coniam, Peter Falvey)....Pages 11-26 Issues in High-Stakes Assessment (David Coniam, Peter Falvey)....Pages 27-35 Background to the Hong Kong Education System (David Coniam, Peter Falvey)....Pages 37-46 The Initial 1996 Consultancy Study (David Coniam, Peter Falvey)....Pages 47-86 The English Language Benchmark Subject Committee (David Coniam, Peter Falvey)....Pages 87-103 The Pilot Benchmark Assessment (English) (David Coniam, Peter Falvey)....Pages 105-124 Determining Benchmarks After the PBAE (David Coniam, Peter Falvey)....Pages 125-156 Front Matter ....Pages 157-157 The LPATE Training Courses: An Initiative to Improve Teacher Language Proficiency (Barley Mak, Yangyu Xiao)....Pages 159-178 The CUHK LPATE Training Courses: Reading and Listening (Barley Mak, Yangyu Xiao)....Pages 179-205 The CUHK LPATE Training Courses: Writing, Speaking and Classroom Language (Barley Mak, Yangyu Xiao)....Pages 207-235 Front Matter ....Pages 237-237 The Operation of the LPATE (2001–2005) (Alan Urmston)....Pages 239-255 The Revision of the LPATE (Alan Urmston)....Pages 257-309 Maintaining Standards in the Indirectly Assessed Components of the LPATE (Neil Drave)....Pages 311-321 Misconceptions of the LPATE in the Media: Perspectives on Educational Change (Neil Drave)....Pages 323-345 Front Matter ....Pages 347-347 A Quantitative Investigation of Stakeholder Perceptions (David Coniam, Peter Falvey, Yangyu Xiao)....Pages 349-369 A Qualitative Interpretation of the Impact of the LPATE on Key Stakeholders (David Coniam, Peter Falvey, Yangyu Xiao)....Pages 371-395 Front Matter ....Pages 397-397 Concluding Comments on the Benchmarking (LPATE) Project: Strengths, Weaknesses and Constraints (Peter Falvey, David Coniam)....Pages 399-416 Back Matter ....Pages 417-422