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Boyle, Bill; Charles, Marie – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 2011
The paper focuses on the auditing and accountancy paradigm that has dominated educational measurement of pupil performance for the last 20 years in England. The advocates of this minimum competency paradigm do not take account of the results of its dominance. These results include ignoring the heterogeneous complexity of groups within societies…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Models, Minimum Competency Testing, Young Children