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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299540203321

Autore

Thrupp Martin

Titolo

The Search for Better Educational Standards [[electronic resource] ] : A Cautionary Tale / / by Martin Thrupp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-61959-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (229 pages)

Collana

Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices, , 2570-0251

Disciplina

371.260973

Soggetti

Assessment

Educational policy

Education and state

Educational sociology

International education 

Comparative education

Assessment, Testing and Evaluation

Educational Policy and Politics

Sociology of Education

International and Comparative Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With Responses from Bob Lingard, Meg Maguire and David Hursh."

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the development of New Zealand’s standards system for primary school achievement, ‘Kiwi Standards’, which took effect from 2010 onwards and is becoming increasingly embedded over time. The approach, where teachers make ‘Overall Teacher Judgements’ based on a range of assessment tools and their own observations rather than using any particular national test, has created predictable problems with moderation within and across schools. It has been claimed that this ‘bold’ Kiwi Standards approach avoids the narrowed curriculum and mediocre outcomes of high-stakes assessment in other countries. Yet this book suggests it just produces another variant of the same problems and demonstrates that even a relatively weak high-



stakes assessment approach still produces performative effects. The book provides a blow by blow account of the development of a policy including the continuous repositioning of New Zealand’s Government as it has sought to justify the policy in the face of opposition from educators. Indeed the Kiwi Standards tale provides a world-class example of teachers fighting back against policy, with the help of academics. There is an indigenous Māori aspect to the story as well. Finally, this book also provides comparative international perspectives including responses from well-known US, English and Australian academics.