China News Service, June 11, according to a report by the Hong Kong Commercial Daily. Previously, a test question in the history subject of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE, equivalent to the Hong Kong "Gao Kao") caused controversy, and the relevant test questions were eventually cancelled. Yang Runxiong, director of the Hong Kong Education Bureau, said on June 10 that he had asked the HKEAA to submit an internal investigation report to the task force that examines the examination and approval of diploma exams in late July.
Data Map: Candidates of the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) entered the examination room one after another. China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
The task force will review and propose improvements as soon as possible, depending on the preliminary findings of the HKEAA. The HKEAA is actively considering the publication of reference papers for the test questions. Yang Runxiong quoted the Examinations Bureau as saying that the reference content of the assessment mainly specifies the answer requirements, score allocation, and acceptable answer range for each question, but it should not be regarded as a standard answer; the test paper chairman and assistant test paper chairman will choose after the exam The sample answer sheet is compared with the tentative draft reference assessment paper, and the reference of the assessment paper is added as necessary.
Yang Runxiong pointed out that teachers and others who did not participate in the assessment should be careful when interpreting the reference content of the assessment. In response to the controversy caused by the relevant test questions, the Education Bureau announced earlier that it will set up a working group for review.
A HKEAA spokesman said that an internal review of the test questions has been initiated and is expected to be completed in June. In addition to being used as an internal reference to improve the overall question preparation and review mechanism, the review report is also provided by the Education Bureau and the HKEAA. Working group reference.
The spokesman pointed out that the members of the working group are mainly from the Education Bureau and the Evaluation Bureau, and other industry representatives participated in the review. The content includes the existing questions and quality control mechanism of the Evaluation Bureau, the process of making historical test papers, and the preparation of the controversial test questions. Questions and material selection process, whether there is any deviation from various guidelines, room for improvement of the existing mechanism, etc., the working group will start work after the internal assessment of the HKEAA.