Padro, Fernando F. (2013) High stakes testing assessment: the deus ex machina of quality in education. In: De-testing and de-grading schools: alternatives to accountability and standardization. Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education (451). Peter Lang Publishing, New York, NY. United States, pp. 27-43. ISBN 9781433122392
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.
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| Item Type: | Book Chapter (Commonwealth Reporting Category B) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Division of Academic Services - Learning and Teaching Support (Feb 2011 - ) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Division of Academic Services - Learning and Teaching Support (Feb 2011 - ) |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2014 11:05 |
| Last Modified: | 03 May 2017 05:35 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | assessment; quality; proxy; system of profound knowledge |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 13 Education > 1301 Education Systems > 130199 Education systems not elsewhere classified 13 Education > 1301 Education Systems > 130103 Higher Education 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130303 Education Assessment and Evaluation |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390399 Education systems not elsewhere classified 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390303 Higher education 39 EDUCATION > 3904 Specialist studies in education > 390402 Education assessment and evaluation |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/25027 |
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