National Testing in Schools: An Australian assessment

Over the last two decades, large-scale national, or provincial, standardised testing has become prominent in the schools of many countries around the globe. National Testing in Schools: An Australian Assessment draws on research to consider the nature of national testing and its multiple effects, including:

• media responses and constructions such as league tables of performance
• pressures within school systems and on schools
• effects on the work and identities of principals and t...