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Alarcón, Cristina – European Education, 2020
This paper investigated a policy-making debate in Chile, by examining the construction of the Netherlands as a new "reference society". It focused on a reform agenda that aimed at a transformation of the neo-liberal school governance model. Based on the analysis of government documents, parliamentary debates, and media materials, the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Achievement Tests, Secondary School Students
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Alarcón, Cristina – European Education, 2015
This paper analyzes the activities, members, and effects of an inter-American expert network for the diffusion of psychometric knowledge, specifically of standardized aptitude testing for university admission in Latin America during the 1960s and 1970s. Within the framework of educational transfer studies, the role of international,…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, College Admission, Standardized Tests, Aptitude Tests