"Raising Standards" or Reducing Aspirations and Opportunities Still Further? Michael Gove and Examination Reforms

Autor/in	Allen, Martin
Titel	"Raising Standards" or Reducing Aspirations and Opportunities Still Further? Michael Gove and Examination Reforms
Quelle	In: FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 55 (2013) 3, S.367-376 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0963-8253
DOI	10.2304/forum.2013.55.3.367
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Foreign Countries; Academic Standards; Educational Change; Standardized Tests; Exit Examinations; Testing Programs; Curriculum Development; Competition; Standard Setting; National Curriculum; Politics of Education; Employment Qualifications; Certification; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Final examination; Abschlussprüfung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Wettkampf; Standardisierung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Abschlusszeugnis; Zertifizierung; Großbritannien
Abstract	Well before the examinations grade crisis of 2012, Michael Gove had set out clear intentions for reforming public examinations. Though he claimed to be improving examinations and assessment by replicating practices that took place in high-performing countries and thus improving the ability of the UK economy to "compete", this contribution argues that Gove's agenda aims to reduce student success rates and reflects declining employment opportunities for young people. It calls for radical alternatives. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10