The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ruixue Jia, Hongbin Li, Claire CousineauPublish date:9/9/2025Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Belknap PressISBN-13:9780674295391ISBN-10:674295390UPC:9780674295391Book Category:Education, Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Comparative, Education, AsiaBook Topic:ChinaSize:8.63 x 5.93 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCSS903F2P
The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China
Combining personal narratives with decades of research, a vivid account of how the gaokao--China's high-stakes college admissions test--shapes that society and influences education debates in the United States.
Each year, more than ten million students across China pin their hopes on the gaokao, the nationwide college entrance exam. Unlike in the United States, where standardized tests are just...Language:EnglishPublisher:Belknap PressISBN-13:9780674295391ISBN-10:674295390UPC:9780674295391Book Category:Education, Business & Economics, HistoryBook Subcategory:Comparative, Education, AsiaBook Topic:ChinaSize:8.63 x 5.93 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SCSS903F2P
Cousineau, Claire: - Claire Cousineau, a writer and a former researcher at the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, is pursuing her MBA at Duke University.Li, Hongbin: - Hongbin Li is Codirector of the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions as well as Senior Fellow of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the Freeman Spogli Institute for...
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