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The high stakes of testing : exploring student experience with standardized assessment through governmentality / / By Amy L. Kelly



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Autore: Kelly Amy L. Visualizza persona
Titolo: The high stakes of testing : exploring student experience with standardized assessment through governmentality / / By Amy L. Kelly Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill Sense, , [2019]
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 134 pages)
Disciplina: 371.26
Soggetto topico: Educational tests and measurements - Evaluation
Student evaluation of curriculum
Education and state
Critical pedagogy
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Who Cares What the Kids Think? -- Understanding High-Stakes Standardized Exams in the US -- What Is Student Voice? -- How Foucault’s Governmentality Can Help -- The Study -- What the Kids Have to Say -- Interpreting Student Voice: Themes -- What Does All This Mean? -- Possibilities: Where Do We Go from Here? -- Back Matter -- References -- Index.
Sommario/riassunto: Standardized assessments have long been part of the educative experience for students around the world. The high-stakes nature of these tests can have damaging and enduring effects for public school systems, particularly the youth. With the adoption of Common Core State Standards and mandated state-wide accountability measures, high-stakes tests, like the PARCC, gained quick and controversial notoriety. The high-stakes discourse has been dominated by politicians, educators, and parents. Notably absent from this dialogue are the voices of those whom are impacted the most: students. Largely influenced by Critical Pedagogy, this research sheds light on the negative, punitive, and often arbitrary nature of testing in schools. The paramount intention of this publication is to raise awareness of student experiences and perspectives of standardized testing. The High Stakes of Testing analyzes the experiences, relationships, thoughts, ideas, and opinions students have with standardized assessment measures. Interviews with seven students in Grades 3, 5, and 8 are examined through a governmentality lens to reveal the ways in which the youth are manipulated, regulated, and disciplined to view standardized testing as a natural part of what it means to be a public-school student. It is only when we can begin to see and appreciate how our youth interact with the omnipresent testing in our public schools can we begin to envision changing these accountability practices.
Titolo autorizzato: The high stakes of testing  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 9789004401365
9789004387232
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910493181003321
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Serie: Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action ; 19.