High Stakes Testing and the Structure of the Mind: A reply to Randall Curren.

Davis, A.J.

Abstract

'High stakes testing' is to be understood as testing with serious consequences for students, their teachers and their educational institutions. It plays a central role in holding teachers and educational institutions to account. In a recent article Randall Curren seeks to refute a number of philosophical arguments developed in my 'The Limits of Educational Assessment' against the legitimacy of high stakes testing. In this reply I contend that some of the arguments he identifies are not mine, and that others survive his critique.

Citation

Davis, A. (2006). High Stakes Testing and the Structure of the Mind: A reply to Randall Curren. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 40(1), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.2006.00492.x

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2006
• Journal: Journal of Philosophy of Education
• Print ISSN: 0309-8249
• Electronic ISSN: 1467-9752
• Publisher: Wiley
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-16
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9752.2006.00492.x
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1563969