Voices of the Tested: Visions of the Past, Present, and Future of School Assessment

• In Event: 31.091 - Roundtable Session 10
  In Roundtable Session: 31.091-17 - Teacher Voice and the Role of Arts-Based Educational Research

Abstract

As a diverse group of educationalists, we are worried about the role of assessments in the K-12 schools and the current neoliberal education policies. In this paper, we aim to highlight some of the unintended or often overlooked consequences of these policies by taking an arts-based approach to our research. We interviewed various educational stakeholders to let their voices be heard about their past and present experiences with assessment, as well as their imagined futures. By creating poetic representations to present the results, we aim to shed a light on otherwise familiar contexts of assessment in the schools. Many are afraid of a future where policies continue along the current context, but want to believe that things will get better.

Authors

• Stephanie Green, University of South Florida - Tampa

• Jessica Kearbey, University of South Florida

• Jennifer R. Wolgemuth, University of South Florida

• Vonzell Agosto, University of South Florida

• Jeanine Romano, American Board of Pathology

• Michael W. Riley, University of South Florida

• Aimee Frier, University of South Florida