Assessment technologies in schools: 'deliverology' and the 'play of dominations'

Research Papers in Education

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 513-533

  Ball, Stephen ^a   Maguire, Meg ^b   Braun, Annette ^a   Perryman, Jane ^a   Hoskins, Kate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; Foucault; performance pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052829453     PISSN: 02671522     EISSN: 14701146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02671522.2010.550012     Document Type: Article

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