Cultivating the Myopic Learner: The Shared Project of High-Stakes and Low-Stakes Assessment

Autor/in	Allen, Ansgar
Titel	Cultivating the Myopic Learner: The Shared Project of High-Stakes and Low-Stakes Assessment
Quelle	In: British Journal of Sociology of Education, 33 (2012) 5, S.641-659 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-5692
DOI	10.1080/01425692.2012.668832
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; High Stakes Tests; Educational Assessment; Elementary Schools; National Curriculum; Discipline; National Competency Tests; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Formative Evaluation; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Education; assessment; Bewertungssystem; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Disziplin
Abstract	This paper argues that, despite the obvious and important differences between high-stakes and low-stakes assessment, there remain important points in common. These manifest themselves at a sociological level, where each tradition of assessment shares a similar disposition towards power. It is argued that both high-stakes and low-stakes assessment, as they are practised in England today, act together in support of a wider regime of power. This regime relies upon the construction of specialised subjectivities, defined by a myopic and self-perpetuating concern with individual progression. (Contains 2 notes and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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