High-stakes tests as gatekeepers: Interrogating test architecture in Bangladesh
In this post, Maksud Ali, Obaidul Hamid & Ian Hardy from the University of Queensland, discuss their recent paper ‘Ritualisation of testing: problematising high-stakes English-language testing in Bangladesh‘, published in COMPARE, 2020 (vol 50, Issue 4). High-stakes testing has become an inevitable part of Bangladeshi society. In this densely populated country, education and employment opportunities […]