high stakes

Portuguese translation: altos riscos

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English term or phrase:	high stakes
Portuguese translation:	altos riscos
Entered by:	Roberto Cavalcanti

17:41 Apr 26, 2008

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English term or phrase: high stakes

"Governments and other central authorities use tests to impose educational policies knowing that those who are affected by the tests will change their behaviour: they are eager to succeed on tests, given their fear of failure and the high stakes consequences of such failure"

seriam consequências sérias, drásticas?

Lari_Rumi KudoZ activity Questions: 103 (9 open) (1 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 0
Local time: 12:48

altos riscos

Explanation:
elevados riscos

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Note added at 12 mins (2008-04-26 17:53:52 GMT)
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das conseqüências

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Roberto Cavalcanti
Brazil
Local time: 12:48

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4 +6

altos riscos

Roberto Cavalcanti

4 +1

e o peso (das consequências)

Andrea Munhoz

consequências drásticas

Illa Karina Rocha

conseqüências competitivas

Leniel Maccaferri

gravosas

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida

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9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

e o peso (das consequências)

Explanation:
sug.

Andrea Munhoz
Brazil
Local time: 12:48
Native speaker of: Portuguese

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

altos riscos

Roberto Cavalcanti
Brazil
Local time: 12:48
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

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19 mins confidence:

consequências drásticas

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Assim mesmo como você pensou:

Certain uses of achievement test results are termed "high stakes" if they carry serious consequences for students or for educators. ...
www.aera.net/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=... - 24k -

Illa Karina Rocha
Brazil
Local time: 12:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese

1 hr confidence:

conseqüências competitivas

Explanation:
conseqüências competitivas de tal fracasso

Leniel Maccaferri
Brazil
Local time: 12:48
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

15 hrs confidence:

gravosas

Language variant: PT(pt)

Explanation:
Sugestão:

Consequências gravosas

Example sentence(s):

sempre que se produzam acontecimentos excepcionais susceptíveis de terem tido consequências gravosas para a segurança
Afinal, o que o texto publicado consagra é, na realidade, uma falsa solução com consequências gravosas no que à estabilidade diz respeito

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Portugal
Local time: 16:48
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

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