Benő Csapó

The motto chosen for the volume presenting the frameworks for the diagnostic assessment of reading is a quote from the Hungárián poet Mihály Babits: '"Reading is thinking and writing is speech." If we think about the truth of this statement, it will not take long to recognise the self-evident...

Foreujord The world is rapidly becoming a different place, and the challenges to individuals and societies posed by globalisation and modernisation are widely acknowledged. Increasingly diverse and interconnected populations, rapid technological change in the workplace and in everyday life, and...

Introduction The motto chosen for the volumes discussing the frameworks of diagnostic measurements is a quotation by Lord Kelvin "If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it". The truth of this dictum can be illustrated by an example taken from another domain of life, the practice of...

Foreword Some years ago the Consortium of Institutions for Development and Research in Education in Europe (CIDREE) decided to issue a yearbook in which important and relevant themes would be examined in depth and to which specialists working within the themes would be invited to contribute. In...