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Have National Assessments Made Us Any Wiser about 'Standards'?
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Wood, Robert; Power, Colin – Comparative Education, 1984
An analysis of national programs for monitoring student achievement in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States finds that "national assessment" promotes a view of "standards" which is narrow, limiting, and definitely not conducive to the emergence of flexible and imaginative educational policies designed to cope…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Definitions
National Assessment: A Review of Programs in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Power, Colin; Wood, Robert – Comparative Education Review, 1984
An analysis of national programs for monitoring student achievement in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia found that political considerations in all three countries have inhibited the clarification of program objectives and the implementation of the technology required to generate meaningful information capable of reliable…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Educational Assessment