ABSTRACT
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:
- media responses and constructions such as league tables of performance
- pressures within school systems and on schools
- effects on the work and identities of principals and teachers
- and impacts on the experience of schooling for many young people, including those least advantaged.
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 5|15 pages
Local Experiences, Global Similarities
Teacher perceptions of the impacts of national testing
chapter 6|14 pages
NAPLAN and Student Wellbeing
Teacher perceptions of the impact of NAPLAN on students
chapter 7|12 pages
Literacy Leadership and Accountability Practices
Holding onto ethics in ways that count
chapter 11|13 pages
NAPLAN, Achievement Gaps and Embedding Indigenous Perspectives in Schooling
Disrupting the decolonial option
chapter 12|12 pages
Disadvantaged Students' Voices on National Testing
The submersion of NAPLAN's formative potential
chapter 14|18 pages
NAPLAN and the Problem Frame
Exploring representations of NAPLAN in the print media, 2010 and 2013
chapter 15|13 pages
Negotiating with the Neighbours
Balancing different accountabilities across a cluster of regional schools