The Search for Better Educational Standards

An unusually worked-through portrayal of an education policy from political origins through design to enactment in schools
Illustrates the absolute importance of how any policy gets introduced and carried out
Provides international comparisons with the US, England and Australia
A valuable account for activist teachers and researchers
Written to be accessible for educators, students, policymakers and the wider public

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. High Stakes Assessment: Global Pressures and Local Responses.- 3. The Kiwi Standards, Whanaketanga and the Available Research.- 4. The Contested Introduction of the Kiwi Standards.- 5. Neither National nor Standard.- 6. Public Achievement Information and the Progress and Consistency Tool.- 7. The Impact of the Kiwi Standards.- 8. The Politics of Research.- 9. The Kiwi Standards a Decade On: What Were They All About?.- 10. International Responses.