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A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountability - From Test-Based Assessment to Interpersonal Responsibility (Hardcover)
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A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountability - From Test-Based Assessment to Interpersonal Responsibility (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education
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This insightful text offers a detailed account of the historical
development of educational accountability in the US public
education system. In doing so, it diagnoses the unforeseen
consequences arising from a centralized, technocratic
implementation of the concept, and calls for a radical re-thinking
in how our democratic responsibilities translate into the
provision, measurement, and conceptualization of education. Drawing
from the works of scholars including Stanley Cavell, Linda Zerilli,
Daniel Koretz, and James Scott, A Democratic Theory of Educational
Accountability illustrates the way in which "educational
accountability" has foregrounded centralized measures of "success"
to the point of perversity. Through nuanced political theory and
philosophical arguments, the text demonstrates how test-based
measures have rendered the holistic aims of education futile,
resulting in an education system of "box-checking" and
"rule-following". Ultimately calling for a new imagination of how
our democratic responsibilities are enacted in schools and
communities, Gottlieb illustrates how accountability can be used
for good, to ensure that our schools nurture talent, cultivate
social mobility, and engage with local needs. This text will be of
great interest to graduate and postgraduate students, researchers,
academics, and libraries in the field of philosophy of education,
educational policy, assessment & testing and democratic theory.
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