Market-oriented reforms and “high stakes” testing: Incentives and consequences

This paper focuses on the use of “high stakes” tests and examinations, which by definition have serious consequences; high stakes tests are used in an attempt to raise standards and to evaluate school systems. A range of dysfunctional consequences of high stakes testing are observed, including teach...

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Main Authors: Anne West, Hazel Pennell
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Les éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’Homme 2005-06-01
Series:Cahiers de la Recherche sur l'Education et les Savoirs
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cres/1961