Article
Political economy of NCLB: standards, testing and test scores
The Educational Forum
(2009)
Abstract
Focus and institutional policy under the No Child Left Behind Act [NCLB] (U.S. Department of Education 2001) has prioritized the individualistic, market-driven agenda. The NCLB regime has gained hegemony over the political space of public education, and the value and effectiveness of the educational process has become subject to the fetishism of standardized test scores. Utilizing the political economy of the sign described by Jean Baudrillard (1981), the political economy of the NCLB regime and the development of test score fetishism is presented.
Keywords
- Institutional Policy,
- No Child Left Behind,
- Accountability,
- Standards,
- Testing
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 7, 2009
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00131720802539606
Citation Information
Paul Parkison. "Political economy of NCLB: standards, testing and test scores" The Educational Forum Vol. 73 Iss. 1 (2009) p. 44 - 57 ISSN: 1938-8098 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/paul-parkison/16/