High stakes testing assessment: the deus ex machina of quality in education

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Padro, Fernando F.. 2013. "High stakes testing assessment: the deus ex machina of quality in education." Bower, Joe and Thomas, P. L. (ed.) De-testing and de-grading schools: alternatives to accountability and standardization. New York, NY. United States. Peter Lang Publishing. pp. 27-43
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High stakes testing assessment: the deus ex machina of quality in education

Book Chapter CategoryEdited book (chapter)
ERA Publisher ID2934
Book TitleDe-testing and de-grading schools: alternatives to accountability and standardization
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AuthorPadro, Fernando F.
EditorsBower, Joe and Thomas, P. L.
Page Range27-43
SeriesCounterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education
Chapter Number2
Number of Pages17
Year2013
PublisherPeter Lang Publishing
Place of PublicationNew York, NY. United States
ISBN9781433122392
Web Address (URL)https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/30317
Abstract

This chapter discusses the notion of quality and those strands that contextualize the expectation of what quality is. Many of the issues are not technical in nature, they are political. Assessment is used as a proxy for quality, but the question is, what is quality? The corollary, therefore, is who determines what quality is? The discussion reflects how assessment and quality are used as proxies for each other. The emphasis is on how higher education in the USA is facing the external influences attempting to shape the discussion.

Keywordsassessment; quality; proxy; system of profound knowledge
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020390399. Education systems not elsewhere classified
390303. Higher education
390402. Education assessment and evaluation
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