International Large-Scale Assessments in Education : Insider Research Perspectives.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part One: Theory and method -- 1. Researching inside the international testing machine: PISA parties, midnight emails and red shoes -- 2. Assessment imaginaries: methodological challenges of future assessment machines -- 3. The infrastructures of objectivity in standardized testing -- 4. Detecting student performance in large-scale assessments -- Part Two: Observing data production -- 5. Starting strong: on the genesis of the new OECD survey on early childhood education and care -- 6. The situation(s) of text in PISA reading literacy -- 7. Self-reported eff ort and motivation in the PISA test -- 8. Student preparation for large-scale assessments: a comparative analysis -- 9. Investigating testing situations -- Part Three: Reception and public opinion -- 10. Managing public reception of assessment results -- 11. The public and international assessments -- 12. Post script: has critique begun to gather steam again? Beyond'critical barbarism' in studying ILSAs -- Index.

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