Education is increasingly expected to support the flourishing of competitive industrial economies. It is held to account by means of assessment in an attempt to ensure that it delivers the goods. This book argues that assessment cannot in principle detect much of the real learning required in this scenario.
| ISBN: | 9780631210207 |
| Publication date: | 4th December 1998 |
| Author: | Andrew Durham University Davis |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell an imprint of John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Journal of Philosophy of Education |
| Genres: |
Education: examinations and assessment Schools and pre-schools Central / national / federal government policies |