The search for better educational standards : a cautionary tale /: a cautionary tale. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martin Thrupp ; with responses from Bob Lingard, Meg Maguire and David Hursh.
• Authors: Thrupp, Martin, 1964-; Lingard, Bob; Maguire, Meg, 1949-; Hursh, David W, 1948-
• Contents: 1. Introduction.- 2. High Stakes Assessment: Global Pressures and Local Responses.- 3. The Kiwi Standards, Whanaketanga and the Available Research.- 4. The Contested Introduction of the Kiwi Standards.- 5. Neither National nor Standard.- 6. Public Achievement Information and the Progress and Consistency Tool.- 7. The Impact of the Kiwi Standards.- 8. The Politics of Research.- 9. The Kiwi Standards a Decade On: What Were They All About?.- 10. International Responses; Bob Lingard, Meg Maguire and David Hursh.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (XIV, 229 pages), 4 illustrations
• Subjects: 371.260973; Education; Educational tests and measurements -- Standards -- New Zealand; Educational tests and measurements -- Standards; School children -- Rating of -- New Zealand; Curriculum-based assessment -- New Zealand; Education, Primary -- New Zealand -- Evaluation; Academic achievement -- New Zealand -- Evaluation; Educational tests and measuremen; Comparative education; Education; Education and state; International education; Education -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General; Education -- Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education -- Comparative; Educational strategies & policy; Education; Education -- Evaluation; Examinations & assessment; Education; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation; Educational Policy and Politics; Sociology of Education; International and Comparative Education; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319619590; 3319619594
• Related ISBNs: 9783319619576
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.