International Large-Scale Assessments in Education

Bryan Maddox is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Development at the University of East Anglia, UK. He is a Director of the Laboratory of International Assessment Studies.

• Foreword, Bruno D. Zumbo Introduction, Bryan Maddox Part I: Theory and Method 1. Researching Inside the International Testing Machine: Pisa Parties, Midnight Emails and Red Shoes, Camilla Addey 2. Assessment Imaginaries: Methodological Challenges of Future Assessment Machines, Ben Williamson 3 The Infrastructures of Objectivity in Standardized Testing, Nelli Piattoeva and Antti Saari 4 Detecting Student Performance in Large-Scale Assessments, Margareta Serder Part II: Observing Data Production 5 Starting Strong: On the Genesis of The New OECD Survey On Early Childhood Education and Care, Simone Bloem 6. The Situation(S) of Text in PISA Reading Literacy, Jeanne Marie Ryan 7. Self-Reported Effort and Motivation in the PISA Test, Hanna Eklöf and Therese N. Hopfenbeck 8. Student Preparation for Large-Scale Assessments: A Comparative Analysis, Sam Sellar, Bob Lingard, David Rutkowski and Keita Takayama 9 Investigating Testing Situations, Bryan Maddox, Francois Keslair and Petra Javrh Part III: Reception and Public Opinion 10. Managing Public Reception of Assessment Results, Mary Hamilton11. The Public and International Assessments, Oren Pizmony-Levy, Linh Doan, Jonathan Carmona and Erika Kessler 12 Post Script: Has Critique Begun to Gather Steam Again? Beyond ‘Critical Barbarism’ in Studying Ilsas, Radhika Gorur Index

I found this book highly interesting. It goes beyond mere criticism and provides fascinating insights from “inside the machine”.