{"id":664,"date":"2016-08-15T20:32:57","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T20:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/"},"modified":"2016-09-13T15:58:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T15:58:27","slug":"monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-chinese-taipei\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Introduction<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/the-mathematics-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Mathematics Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/the-science-curriculum-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>The Science Curriculum in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/teachers-teacher-education-and-professional-development\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Teachers, Teacher Education, and Professional Development<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/instruction-for-mathematics-and-science-in-primary-and-lower-secondary-grades\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Instruction for Mathematics and Science in Primary and Lower Secondary Grades<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/special-initiatives-in-mathematics-and-science-education\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Special Initiatives in Mathematics and Science Education<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/use-and-impact-of-timss\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Use and Impact of TIMSS<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/suggested-readings\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>Suggested Readings<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/references\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom\"><span>References<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<style>\n\t\t.carouselwrap{\n\t\t\tbackground: #e5eaef;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a{\n\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\tcolor: #000000;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a:hover,\n\t\t.owl-item a:focus,\n\t\t.owl-item a.current-menu-item{\n\t\t\tbackground: #00667f;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #00b2cc solid;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n<h2>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science<\/h2>\n<p>Under educational reform, the Joint Public Senior High School Entrance Examination was replaced in 2001 with the Basic Competency Test, which was administered twice a year and provided the main selection criteria for senior high schools.<sup>16<\/sup>  The Basic Competency Test covered Chinese, English, mathematics, natural science, and social science, and emphasized students\u2019 fundamental knowledge and skills. In 2014, the Comprehensive Assessment Program for junior high students was implemented to replace the Basic Competency Test.<sup>17<\/sup>  The main differences between the two tests include the following: the Basic Competency Test is a norm-referenced test while the Comprehensive Assessment is a standards-referenced test; in addition to multiple-choice items, the Comprehensive Assessment includes constructed response and short essay items, and the Comprehensive Assessment is optional for students applying to senior high school. The central government aims to use the results of the Comprehensive Assessment for quality control of primary and lower secondary education rather than to provide the results for students to enter senior high schools; this is a long term objective.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Basic Competency Test and the Comprehensive Assessment, various international studies in education (e.g., TIMSS and PISA) as well as nationwide and local assessments, such as the Taiwan Assessment of Student Achievement (TASA)<sup>18<\/sup>  and the Longitudinal Study of Achievement Growth in the Mathematics Literacy of New-Immigrant Children,<sup>19<\/sup>  have been conducted to monitor trends in student progress in mathematics and science at the population or individual level. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monitoring Student Progress in Mathematics and Science Under educational reform, the Joint Public Senior High School Entrance Examination was replaced in 2001 with the Basic Competency Test, which was administered twice a year and provided the main selection criteria for &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/countries\/chinese-taipei\/monitoring-student-progress-in-mathematics-and-science\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":117,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-664","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5726,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/664\/revisions\/5726"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/encyclopedia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}