Learning Standards and the Assessment of Quality in Higher Education: Contested Policy Trajectories

• Main Authors: Yorke, Jon (Author), Vidovich, Lesley (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Policy Implications of Research in Education ; 7
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Assessment.; Higher education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Higher Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.

This book analyses accountability and quality policies relating to learning standards and examines their implications for assessment in higher education. Whilst primarily focusing on the Australian setting, this analysis is located within a broader frame of reference that includes the United Kingdom...