National Testing in Schools: An Australian assessmentBob Lingard, Greg Thompson, Sam Sellar Over the last two decades, large-scale national, or provincial, standardised testing has become prominent in the schools of many countries around the globe. National Testing in Schools: An Australian Assessment draws on research to consider the nature of national testing and its multiple effects, including:
Using Australia as the case site for global concerns regarding national testing, this book will be an invaluable companion for education researchers, teacher educators, teacher education students and teachers globally. |
Contents
1 National testing from an Australian perspective | 1 |
2 What national testing data can tell us | 18 |
3 The performative politics of NAPLAN and MySchool | 30 |
4 Questioning the validity of the multiple uses of NAPLAN data | 44 |
teacher perceptions of the impacts of national testing | 57 |
teacher perceptions of the impact of NAPLAN on students | 72 |
holding onto ethics in ways that count | 86 |
8 Contesting and capitalising on NAPLAN | 98 |
the collateral damage | 126 |
disrupting the decolonial option | 139 |
the submersion of NAPLANs formative potential | 152 |
13 Exploring childrens lived experiences of NAPLAN | 164 |
exploring representations of NAPLAN in the print media 2010 and 2013 | 181 |
balancing different accountabilities across a cluster of regional schools | 199 |
evolving national testing | 212 |
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Other editions - View all
National Testing in Schools: An Australian assessment Bob Lingard,Greg Thompson,Sam Sellar Limited preview - 2015 |
National Testing in Schools: An Australian Assessment Bob Lingard,Greg Thompson,Sam Sellar No preview available - 2016 |
National Testing in Schools: An Australian Assessment Bob Lingard,Greg Thompson,Sam Sellar No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
ACARA accountability Altheide analysis Australian Catholic University Australian Curriculum Australian Education Union Australian Research Council Australian schooling Bantick chapter child classroom Closing the gap Comber concerns context cultural EATSIPS education policy effects of NAPLAN engagement English example federal focus Gillard global Greg Thompson high-stakes testing higher SES school ICSEA impact of NAPLAN improvement Indigenous students interviews Journal of Education Julia Gillard kids Klenowski language LBOTE learners Lingard literacy and numeracy measure ment MySchool website NAPLAN and MySchool NAPLAN data NAPLAN performance NAPLAN results NAPLAN scores NAPLAN test National Assessment Program national testing negative outcomes parents participants pedagogy perspective primary schools principals problem frame Queensland region relation reported responses Retrieved self-efficacy Sellar social standardised tests strategies student achievement teachers test results testing data Thompson tion Torres Strait Islander University of Queensland validity Wyatt-Smith