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ERIC Number: EJ645964
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-4086
The Political Structuration of Assessment: Negotiating State Power and Legitimacy.
Benveniste, Luis
Comparative Education Review, v46 n1 p89-118 Feb 2002
Examines the national educational assessment systems of Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay to explore the role of politics and state-polity relations in shaping the design, implementation, and impact of national assessment systems. Discusses the rapid global diffusion of national assessment systems and the impact of centralized versus decentralized authority on the nature and uses of national assessments. (SV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Decentralization, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Governance, Government Role, Politics of Education, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Globalization; Legitimacy (of Governments)
Note: Theme issue title: The Meanings of Globalization for Educational Change.