The Search for Better Educational Standards A Cautionary Tale /

• Main Author: Thrupp, Martin (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Evaluating Education: Normative Systems and Institutional Practices,
• Subjects: Assessment.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Educational sociology.; International education .; Comparative education.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Sociology of Education.; International and Comparative Education.

This book deals with the development of New Zealand's standards system for primary school achievement, 'Kiwi Standards', which took effect from 2010 onwards and is becoming increasingly embedded over time. The approach, where teachers make 'Overall Teacher Judgements' based...