The High Stakes of Testing - Exploring Student Experience with Standardized Assessment Through Governmentality

The High Stakes of Testing explores student experiences and perceptions of standardized testing through a governmentality lens informed by critical pedagogy. This research exposes prevalent mechanisms of control, adverse effects, and the urgency of student voice work in our schools.

About the author

Amy L. Kelly, Ed.D. (2017), Lewis University, is a half-time Assistant Professor at North Central College. She was a public school elementary educator for thirteen years. Her most recent publication is "Standardization, Assessment, and Globalization" in Thresholds in Education (2017).

Product details

• Authors: Amy L Kelly, Amy L. Kelly
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.05.2019
• EAN: 9789004401341
• ISBN: 978-90-04-40134-1
• No. of pages: 142
• Weight: 232 g
• Series: Constructing Knowledge: Curric
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries