<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In reaction to central control of schooling by the Soviet Union, the Czech Republic countered with what some say was the most decentralized system in Europe. While the political move to democracy was extraordinarily successful, there were numerous governments between 1989 and the present. The combination of the decentralized control of schooling and lack of continuity in the political realm in regard to education lengthened substantially the amount of time it has taken to mount national assessments. Those assessments, 5th and 9th grade and a high school leaving examination, are now on track but not without political and technical barriers.</p></abstract>

In reaction to central control of schooling by the Soviet Union, the Czech Republic countered with what some say was the most decentralized system in Europe. While the political move to democracy was extraordinarily successful, there were numerous governments between 1989 and the present. The combination of the decentralized control of schooling and lack of continuity in the political realm in regard to education lengthened substantially the amount of time it has taken to mount national assessments. Those assessments, 5th and 9th grade and a high school leaving examination, are now on track but not without political and technical barriers.

Lost in translation: Ever changing and competing purposes for national examinations in the Czech Republic

Faculty of Education, Institute for Research and Development of Education, Charles University in Prague, Myslíková 7, Praha 1, 110 00, Czech Republic

College of Education, University of Kentucky, 510 McCubbing Drive, Lexington KY 40503, USA

Journal of Pedagogy

In reaction to central control of schooling by the Soviet Union, the Czech Republic countered with what some say was the most decentralized system in Europe....

Lost in translation: Ever changing and competing purposes for national examinations in the Czech Republic

Published Online: Aug 21, 2012

Page range: 43 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10159-012-0003-y

Keywords
Czech Republic, education policy development, testing, assessment characteristic, Maturita, misclassifications

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Lost in translation: Ever changing and competing purposes for national examinations in the Czech Republic

Published Online: Aug 21, 2012

Page range: 43 - 81

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10159-012-0003-y

KeywordsCzech Republic, education policy development, testing, assessment characteristic, Maturita, misclassifications

This content is open access.

Keywords
Czech Republic, education policy development, testing, assessment characteristic, Maturita, misclassifications