Markets, Managerialism and Teachers' Work: The Invisible Hand of High Stakes Testing in England

Autor/inn/en	Stevenson, Howard; Wood, Phil
Titel	Markets, Managerialism and Teachers' Work: The Invisible Hand of High Stakes Testing in England
Quelle	In: International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 12 (2013) 2, S.42-61 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1443-1475
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; High Stakes Tests; School Restructuring; Neoliberalism; Marketing; Teacher Effectiveness; Teaching (Occupation); Educational Policy; Political Attitudes; Criticism; Role; Test Preparation; Commercialization; Educational Administration; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Kritik; Rollen; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung
Abstract	High stakes testing has been long established in the English school system. In this article, we seek to demonstrate how testing has become pivotal to securing the neo-liberal restructuring of schools, that commenced during the Thatcher era, and is reaching a critical point at the current time. Central to this project has been the need to assert increased control over teachers' work and this is being achieved through a pincer movement of marketisation and managerialism. Both of these "policy technologies" require the value of individual teachers' work to be measured and quantified, and in this article we seek to demonstrate how high stakes testing underpins these processes. The article concludes by making the case for reclaiming teaching as a professional process, within the context of education, as a public good and conducted in a public space. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society. ANZCIES Secretariat, Curtin University, Box U1987, Perth, WA Australia. Tel: +61-8-9266-7106; Fax: +61-8-9266-3222; e-mail: editor@iejcomparative.org; Web site: http://openjournals.library.usyd.edu.au/index.php/IEJ
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Update	2017/4/10