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Numbers, Education, and the Making of Society: International Assessments and Their Expertise
Tue, April 12, 8:15 to 10:15am, Marriott Marquis, Floor: Level Four, Liberty Salon KSession Type: Symposium
Abstract
Indicators of national education performances have become of increasing importance in educational research, policy-making and professional work. Since the 1990s a number of research programs, e.g. the International Education Assessment (IEA), the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the EU, have initiated large numbers of research programs whose comparative indicators have become highly relevant in policy-making, as for instance in Canada, China, Germany, Spain and Sweden. The symposium brings together case studies of international comparisons of education performances (ICEP) and historical and studies about numbers and statistics to engage in a conversation about how truth is told about social life and discourses on educational change.
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Papers
The History of International Large-Scale Assessments in Education - Daniel Pettersson, Gävle University College; Sverker S:son Lindblad, University of Gothenburg
Knowledge Actors and the Construction of New Governing Panoramas: The Case of the European Commission's Directorate General Education and Culture - Sotiria Grek, University of Edinburgh
The Struggle to Standardize: Assembling the International Standard Classification of Education - Radhika Gorur, Deakin University
Knowledge by the Number: A Systematic Research Review on International Comparisons of School Performances - Sverker S:son Lindblad, University of Gothenburg; Daniel Pettersson, Gävle University College
The Implications of Understanding That PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) Is Simply Another Standardized Achievement Test - David C. Berliner, Arizona State University
The Cultural Inscription of Numbers: The Gray Zone in International Comparison of School Result Research and Policy Making - Thomas S. Popkewitz, University of Wisconsin