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...idea to get hold of the tests and analyze them was born in the brain of Dr. Robert Barendsen, a Far Eastern specialist in the USOE's Division of International Education. "In 1978 lots of Chinese students began appearing on our shores and we had to integrate them into our university system," he says. "Since we were just getting into the business of academic exchange with China and since these were the first nationally standardized tests since the Cultural Revolution we wanted to use them to get a feel for the kind of background college-level Chinese had in several...
...tests were "partially available through official channels and party through pickups by private visitors to China" he explains. Barendsen assembled a staff of US experts to evaluate the tests, which consist of short-answer and essay questions...
...these areas, according to the test evaluators, Nevertheless, the Chinese youth come out pretty well, and may even surpass U.S. students in some of the liberal arts areas of the test. Educational Testing Services in Princeton has several copies of the USOE report and "they are analyzing them carefully," Barendsen says...
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