Assessment for Whom: Repositioning Higher Education Assessment as an Ethical and Value-Focused Social Practice

Autor/inn/en	Wall, Andrew F.; Hursh, David; Rodgers, Joseph W., III
Titel	Assessment for Whom: Repositioning Higher Education Assessment as an Ethical and Value-Focused Social Practice
Quelle	In: Research & Practice in Assessment, 9 (2014), S.5-17 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2161-4210
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Higher Education; Student Evaluation; Commercialization; Alternative Assessment; Measurement Objectives; Social Influences; Political Influences; Educational Development; Educational Needs; Social Control; Educational Practices; Values; Educational Responsibility; Educational Policy; Politics of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Sozialer Einfluss; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Bildungsentwicklung; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Soziale Kontrolle; Bildungspraxis; Wertbegriff; Erziehungsverantwortung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Educational policy
Abstract	It is often argued that as "consumers" of higher education, students, parents and leaders need objective, comparative information generated through systematized assessment. In response, we critique this trend toward reductionist, comparative, and ostensibly objective assessments in the United States. We describe how management has replaced democratic selfgovernance in higher education, and connect current managerial leadership with the use of assessment as a tool in furthering market based educational aims. Lastly, we provide an alternative view of assessment as an ethical, value concerned social practice that creates space for dialogue about how higher education contributes to learning toward the public good. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01