'Catalyst data': perverse systemic effects of audit and accountability in Australian schooling

This paper examines the perverse effects of the new accountability regime central to the Labor government's national reform agenda in schooling. The focus is on National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) results that now act as 'catalyst data' and are pivotal to scho...

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Published in:	Journal of education policy Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 634 - 656
Main Authors:	Lingard, Bob, Sellar, Sam
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Routledge 01.09.2013
Subjects:	Accountability Achievement Tests audit Audits (Verification) Australia Australian schooling policy Capital Case Studies catalyst data Credibility Educational Administration Educational Change Educational Finance Educational Improvement Educational Indicators Educational Policy Federal Aid Federal government Federal State Relationship Foreign Countries high stakes testing High Stakes Tests Labor Literacy National Assessment Program, Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) (Australia) National competency tests New South Wales, Australia Numeracy Payment Performance based assessment Performance contracts Politics of Education Primary secondary education Schools Scores Standardised tests Teaching Testing New South Wales Australia Victoria Queensland
ISSN:	0268-0939, 1464-5106
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