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Peer reviewedWood, 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
