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                                                    and assessment of national reading based on multi-dimensional integration


               Table 1. The assessment subject and its task in national reading
                 Assessment level  Assessment subject                Task
                                                Develop the national assessment standard on national reading, set core
                              National administrator   indicators, conduct comprehensive evaluation on the national reading
                Macro
                                of national reading  system construction nationwide, and supervise the progress of regional/
                                                sectoral national reading programs
                                                Develop the regional assessment standard on national reading under
                              Local administrator of   the national overall guiding framework, and conduct comprehensive
                                national reading
                                                evaluation on the national reading system construction within the region
                Meso                            Develop the sectoral assessment standard on national reading under
                              Sectoral administrator   the national overall guiding framework, and conduct evaluation on the
                                                national reading system construction within the scope of functions and
                                of national reading
                                                duties, e.g. Ministry of Education is responsible for the assessment in
                                                the education field
                                                Conduct self-evaluation according to the national, sectoral and regional
                                                assessment standards, and develop the national reading assessment
                Micro         Primary units
                                                standard based on their own situation, to evaluate and guide the
                                                national reading development


               3.2  The assessment objects


               The evaluation on the objects of national reading is conducted around the production, transfer and
               usage, which is shown as follows (see Figure 4).

                                National comprehensive assessment standard on national reading

                     Production                  Transfer                      Usage


                 Publishers, administrative   Educational   State administration of  Academy of press  Educational
                  department for publica-  Cultural     press, publication, radio,
                                                          film and television
                       tion, etc.  Guide to book fairs  libraries sectors  Evaluation of primary   Children’s libraries  Evaluation of  sectors  academic libraries  Evaluation of   of village libraries  Layout and planning   of village libraries  Construction standard   of village librarics  Scrvice spccification   and publication  litcracy asscssment sectors  Adolescent reading



                                                libraries
                       matcrials
                  materials
                                                                                         literacy asscssment
                                                                                       Children’s rcading
                                     Evaluation of public
                                                  Evaluation of school
                                                                              Rcading needs survey
                                                                                  Rcading trends survey
                                       cultural service centers
                     Selection and evaluation
                                                                          Rcading statution survey
                    of high quality reading
                        of high quality rcading
                          Design and publication
                                   Local comprehensive assessment standard on national reading
                      Production                Transfer                       Usage
                                                       Administration of Press,
                      Publishers  Bureau of    Bureau of   Publication, Radio, Film  Academy of Press  Bureau of
                                                                                     Education
                                               Education
                                   Culture
                                                                         and Publication
                                                          and Television
                                    Figure 4. The diagram of the national reading objects.
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