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Public Examinations Examined: Book Review

Posted on April 26, 2021 by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director Almost every country in the world uses public examinations in its education and admissions systems. This well-informed book examines the international use of such tests and exams. They say that an unexamined life is not worth living. Perhaps a corollary is that... Read More

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China’s Examination Hell: Book Review

Posted on March 2, 2021 (March 2, 2021) by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director When did exams as we know them start? Often, we tend to think of the genesis of modern testing as being the use of multiple-choice questions by the U.S. Army during the First World War. There were exams of various kinds in... Read More

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Evidence-based Training Methods: Book Review

Posted on January 13, 2021 (January 15, 2021) by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director How best should you conduct training and e-learning? This review, one of a series on the Questionmark site by Questionmark founder, John Kleeman, looks at the book “Evidence-based training methods” by Ruth Colvin Clark. I’ve heard good things about this book, but... Read More

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Criterion-Referenced Test Development: Book Review

Posted on November 17, 2020 (December 1, 2020) by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director This is the second in a series of Questionmark book review blogs. Our first review was about Eric Shepherd and Joan Phaup’s book, “Talent Transformation” about how assessments help make people decisions. This review steps back a little in time and looks... Read More

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“Talent Transformation” – how assessments help make people decisions

Posted on October 23, 2020 (January 14, 2021) by John Kleeman under Articles

Posted by John Kleeman, Founder and Executive Director This is a review of a book published this week by Eric Shepherd and Joan Phaup on talent challenges in the workplace and how assessments can contribute. Challenges the book deals with Even before Covid-19, the world was undergoing a “Fourth Industrial... Read More