Reading literacy: an international (IEA) study of levels of achievement in literacy in Chinese and English in Hong Kong and other school systems
Grant Data
Project Title
Reading literacy: an international (IEA) study of levels of achievement in literacy in Chinese and English in Hong Kong and other school systems
Principal Investigator
Professor Johnson, Robert Keith
(Principal Investigator (PI))
Co-Investigator(s)
Dr Cheung
(Co-principal investigator)
Duration
72
Start Date
1990-01-01
Amount
900000
Conference Title
Reading literacy: an international (IEA) study of levels of achievement in literacy in Chinese and English in Hong Kong and other school systems
Presentation Title
Keywords
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Discipline
N/A
HKU Project Code
HKU 32/91
Grant Type
General Research Fund (GRF)
Funding Year
1991
Status
Completed
Objectives
To establish international standards of literacy against which the performance of Hong Kong students can be measured; to provide base line data against which future trends can be measured; to indicate areas of relative strength and weakness in students' performance and guide future policy in relation to the literacy curriculum; to establish the relationship between literacy levels in English and Chinese in Hong Kong in particular in relation to the use of English or Chinese as the medium of instruction.