目次

Section I : Introduction and Background to High Stakes Assessment.- Chapter 1. Introduction to the Book.- Chapter 2. Research Literature.- Chapter 3. Issues in High-Stakes Assessment.- Chapter 4. Background to the Hong Kong Education System.- Chapter 5. Methodological Approaches and Analytical Tools.- Chapter 6. The Initial 1996 Consultancy Study. Chapter 7. The English Language Benchmark Subject.- chapter 8. The Pilot Benchmark Assessment (English).- Chapter 9. Determining Benchmarks after the PBAE.- Chapter 10. Conclusion to Section I.- Section II. The LPATE Enhancement Courses in Hong Kong: The Case of The Chinese University of Hong Kong.- chapter 11. LPATE Training Courses: An Initiative to Improve Teacher Language Proficiency.- Chapter 12. The CUHK LPATE Training Courses: Reading and Listening.- Chapter 13. <the cuhk="" lpate="" training="" courses:="" writing,="" speaking="" and="" classroom="" language.-="" Section III: The LPATE: A High-Stakes Assessment in Operation (2001-2007).- chapter 14. The Operation of the LPATE (2001-2005).- Chapter 15. The Revision of the LPATE.-Chapter 16. Maintaining Standards in the Indirectly-Assessed Components of the LPATE.- Chapter 17. Misconceptions of the LPATE in the Media: Perspectives on Educational Change.- Section IV: A Decade on from the Inception of the LPATE in 2001: Have Teacher Language Standards Improved?.-Chapter 18. A Quantitative Investigation of Stakeholder Perceptions.- chapter 19. A Qualitative Interpretation of the Impact of the LPATE on Key Stakeholders.- Section V: chapter 20. Conclusion.