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Rafaan Daliri-Ngametua; Stephanie Wescott; Amanda McKay – Journal of Education Policy, 2024
This paper engages, Sara Ahmed's theorising on 'the uses of use' to frame an analysis of the hidden, embedded effects of standardised testing policy that have become normative practice/s in Queensland, Australia. It (re)examines data from an ethno-case study into the datafication of assessment and learning over one school year, in primary and…
Descriptors: Accountability, National Competency Tests, Literacy, Numeracy
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Owen, Ceridwen – English in Australia, 2019
Neoliberal approaches to education policy have led to increases in teacher and student accountability, a preference for evidence-informed measurable outcomes and the standardisation of teaching and learning. Judgements of quality teaching and teacher practice are increasingly focused narrowly on students' testable knowledge and skills. This is…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Academic Standards, Educational Change