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
List of figures | |
What national testing data can tell | |
The performative politics of NAPLAN and MySchool | |
Questioning the validity of the multiple uses of NAPLAN data | |
teacher perceptions of | |
Contesting and capitalising on NAPLAN | |
Understanding the politics of categories in reporting national test | |
the collateral damage | |
Exploring childrens lived experiences of NAPLAN | |
exploring representations | |
balancing different | |
evolving national testing | |
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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 articulation ªthe Australian Catholic University Australian Curriculum Australian Education Union Australian schooling Bantick can«t chapter child classroom Comber concerns context cultural don«t EATSIPS education policy effects of NAPLAN engagement English example federal focus Gillard global Greg Thompson high-stakes testing ICSEA identified impact of NAPLAN improvement Indigenous students institutional ethnography interviews it«s Journal of Education Julia Gillard kids Klenowski language LBOTE learners Lingard literacy and numeracy measure MySchool website NAPLAN and MySchool NAPLAN data NAPLAN performance NAPLAN results NAPLAN scores NAPLAN test National Assessment Program national testing negative number of students outcomes parents participants pedagogy perspective primary schools principals problem frame Queensland region reported responses Retrieved self-efficacy Sellar significant social standardised testing strategies student achievement teachers test results testing data that«s Thompson Torres Strait Islander University of Queensland validity Wyatt-Smith