Educational testing as an accountability measure

Beskrivelse

In this talk I will reveal perspectives based on experiences from twentieth-century Danish educational history by outlining contemporary, test-based accountability regime characteristics and their implications for education policy. I will introduce one such characteristic, followed by an empirical analysis of the origins and impacts of test-based accountability measures applying both top-down and bottom-up perspectives. These historical perspectives offer the opportunity to gain a fuller understanding of this contemporary accountability concept and its potential, appeal and implications for continued use in contemporary educational settings. Accountability measures and practices serve as a way to govern schools; by analysing the history of accountability as the concept has been practiced in the education sphere, I will discuss both pros and cons of such a methodology, particularly as it relates to contemporary education governance.

Periode	3 feb. 2014
Begivenhedstitel	Educational testing as an accountability measure
Begivenhedstype	Seminar
Placering	Oxford, StorbritannienVis på kort