Objectifying Measures: The Dominance of High-Stakes Testing and the Politics of Schooling

ISBN-13: 9781592139057 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 224 str.

Amanda Walker Johnson

Opis

The number of educational tests with high-stakes consequences - such as promotion to the next grade level or graduating from high school - has increased. This title explores the relationship between the cultural production of scientific knowledge and the intuitive resistance to objectification of those adversely affected by the power of policies.