Education, Assessment, and Society: A Sociological Analysis

Education, Assessment, and Society: A Sociological Analysis
ISBN-10
0335196020
ISBN-13
9780335196029
Category
Education / General
Pages
290
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
Open University Press
Author
Patricia Broadfoot

Description

This book provides a comparative account of the evolution of examinations and other assessment procedures in England and France. By tracing the similarities and differences in the ways in which the two countries provided for the assessment of occupational competence, for managing the need for educational and social selection and for social control, the author shows that changes in assessment reflect changes in the priorities and preoccupations of society as a whole. Assessment is seen as rising in the context of increasing social competition within emerging industrial societies.

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