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Direct linkGoodacre, Lewis – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2023
This article draws upon Roland Barthes' theory of "myth" to unpack how "student progress" is conceptualised and measured in the curriculum and assessment of GCSE English in secondary schools in England. Using case studies of three Year 11 students, I critique aspects of the government's Progress 8 accountability measure, their…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Attainment, Secondary School Students, English Instruction
Download full textNeryl Jeanneret – Australian Journal of Music Education, 2023
At the 2016 Commission in Birmingham, I reported on a Quality Music Education Framework that Dr Emily Wilson and I had developed for the Victorian Department of Education, which was to become a framework for the delivery of "quality" music education across the State of Victoria for the school years, Foundation to Year 10. In this address…
Descriptors: Music Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Policy Formation
Baak, Melanie; Miller, Emily; Sullivan, Anna; Heugh, Kathleen – Journal of Education Policy, 2021
This article considers the ways in which two senior secondary assessment policies that aim to be inclusive are enacted for students from refugee backgrounds. The final years of secondary school in Australia are shaped by high-stakes assessment requirements. Yet there have been policy moves in South Australia to be more inclusive of students by…
Descriptors: Refugees, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Secondary School Students
Giambo, Debra A. – American Secondary Education, 2010
The educational accountability systems of both the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 and the state of Florida (as of 1999) were modeled after Texas' system, despite its flaws. NCLB reaches for all students to achieve academic proficiency and designates students with limited English proficiency (LEP) as an important subgroup. As we work with…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Graduation, High School Students, Limited English Speaking
Luce-Kapler, Rebecca; Klinger, Don – Assessing Writing, 2005
The authors report on an exploratory study that investigated Grade 10 students' responses to a large-scale, high-stakes literacy test, the results of which determine high school graduation in Ontario, Canada. Through focus-group and individual interviews, the authors found that students perceived the test as evaluating their English skills rather…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Foreign Countries, Grade 10, High Stakes Tests
Froman, Terry; Rubiera, Vilma – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2006
For the past few years the Florida School Code has set the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) performance requirements for promotion of 3rd graders and graduation for 10th graders. Grade 3 students who do not score at level 2 or higher on the FCAT SSS Reading must be retained unless exempted for special circumstances. Grade 10 students…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Academic Achievement, Prediction, Grade 3
