Book contents
- Higher Education Admissions Practices
- Educational and Psychological Testing in a Global Context
- Higher Education Admissions Practices
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Series Editor’s Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Global Challenges and Common Admissions Models
- Part II Country-Specific Admissions Practices
- Chapter 7 Admissions Policies and Practices and the Reshaping of Access Patterns to Higher Education in Africa
- Chapter 8 Chile’s Admissions Tests: Pending Changes and Revisions
- Chapter 9 Issues of Perceived Fairness in Admissions Assessments in Small Countries: The Case of the Republic of Cyprus
- Chapter 10 Higher Education Admissions Practices in Israel
- Chapter 11 Access, Equity, and Admissions in South African Higher Education
- Chapter 12 Admissions Practices in Sweden
- Chapter 13 Revisions of Admissions Testing in Vietnam: From Elite to Mass Higher Education
- Part III Assessments Used in Higher Education Admissions
- Part IV Rethinking Higher Education Admissions
- Index
- References
Chapter 13 - Revisions of Admissions Testing in Vietnam: From Elite to Mass Higher Education
from Part II - Country-Specific Admissions Practices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2020
Book contents
- Higher Education Admissions Practices
- Educational and Psychological Testing in a Global Context
- Higher Education Admissions Practices
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Series Editor’s Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Global Challenges and Common Admissions Models
- Part II Country-Specific Admissions Practices
- Chapter 7 Admissions Policies and Practices and the Reshaping of Access Patterns to Higher Education in Africa
- Chapter 8 Chile’s Admissions Tests: Pending Changes and Revisions
- Chapter 9 Issues of Perceived Fairness in Admissions Assessments in Small Countries: The Case of the Republic of Cyprus
- Chapter 10 Higher Education Admissions Practices in Israel
- Chapter 11 Access, Equity, and Admissions in South African Higher Education
- Chapter 12 Admissions Practices in Sweden
- Chapter 13 Revisions of Admissions Testing in Vietnam: From Elite to Mass Higher Education
- Part III Assessments Used in Higher Education Admissions
- Part IV Rethinking Higher Education Admissions
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter reviews major revisions of admissions testing in Vietnam. It begins by providing a brief history of higher education and then summarizes some more recent changes in higher education. The chapter describes the various reforms related to admissions testing and the development of a unified testing system, including challenges and concerns about the system. The chapter ends with some policy recommendations for improving admissions testing in Vietnam.
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