Teaching under the new taylorism: High-stakes testing and the standardization of the 21st century curriculum

Journal of Curriculum Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-45

  Au, Wayne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical analysis; Curriculum research; Educational assessment; Prescriptive teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951756604     PISSN: 00220272     EISSN: 13665839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220272.2010.521261     Document Type: Article

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