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Contested Aims of Assessment in the U.S.Context
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- Title: Contested Aims of Assessment in the U.S.Context: Capitalist Accountability or Critical Literacy?
- Author(s): Jeanne A. Cameron, Cornelia Rae
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: The Learner
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review
- Keywords: Assessment, Critical Literacy, Accountability, Democratic Practice
- Volume: 11
- Issue: 1
- Date: March 06, 2006
- ISSN: 1447-9494 (Print)
- ISSN: 1447-9540 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v11/46144
- Citation: A. Cameron, Jeanne, and Cornelia Rae. 2006. "Contested Aims of Assessment in the U.S.Context: Capitalist Accountability or Critical Literacy?." The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review 11 (1): 0-0. doi:10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v11/46144.
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Abstract
We critically examine the aims of the assessment movement in the U.S. context, considering the implications of different approaches for democratic practice and social justice.
