Role of NSW board of secondary school studies in intermediate certificate examination reform:1937-1949

Authors

John R. Godfrey, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Journal Article

Publisher

University of Leeds

Faculty

Faculty of Community Services, Education and Social Sciences

School

School of Education

RAS ID

1157

Comments

Godfrey, J. R. (2002). The role of the New South Wales Board of Secondary School Studies in Intermediate Certificate examination reform: 1937‐1949. Journal of educational administration and history, 34(2), 79-91. Available here.

Abstract

This article analyses the influence of the members of the New South Wales Board of Secondary School Studies (BSSS) on the Intermediate Certificate examination (IC) and the assessment procedures in the junior secondary years of the New South Wales (NSW) education system during the 1930s and 1940s. It indicates that the Board employed four tactics to modify the NSW examination system during the 1930s and 1940s. The Board focused on the IC in particular because the NSW education community expressed misgivings in regard to the value of this external assessment at the close of the third year of post-primary education.

DOI

10.1080/0022062020340201