Should High-Stakes Tests Drive Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction?
We asked individuals from the United States, Canada, and China with special interests in assessment to write essays in response to this question. These essays are found on the even-numbered pages 4–14 and page 15. Zhang Xiao Zhang Xiaoda is currently chair of the Center for Research and Development of Mathematics Education at the Chinese Educational Research Association; he also serves on the Governing Board of Elementary and Secondary School Textbooks of the State Education Commission of China. Ren Zizhao Ren Zizhao is a research associate in the National Education Examinations Authority of the State Education Commission of China; since 1992 he has been responsible for the Mathematics portion of the National College Entrance Examinations. Testing has a long history in China. “Ke Ju,” a national testing system for selecting and promoting public officials, was created as early as the beginning of the Sui dynasty (602 A.D.) and lasted until the late Qing dynasty (1905), when it was repla
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