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Assessment Policies in England: Navigating Accountability & Autonomy

Explore the challenges and changes in England's educational assessment system, weighing accountability against autonomy. Delve into the economic costs and implications of external testing. Learn about the shift towards broader outcomes, teacher training, and school autonomy.

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Assessment Policies in England: Navigating Accountability & Autonomy

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  1. Assessment in England – the direction of travel. Salzburg John Brown October 2009

  2. BACKGROUND • England has around 8 million pupils in compulsory schooling from the ages of 5-16 • It has the most extensive system of external testing in Europe • This regime is proving to be very problematic

  3. Drivers of change in assessment policy • Political • Economic and maybe…… • Educational?

  4. ACCOUNTABILTY VERSUS AUTONOMY

  5. Economic cost: • Cost of centralised assessment system in England in 2008: £700 million • (Source: National Audit Office) This figure does not calculate the cost of teacher time spent on testing.

  6. Reduction in tests

  7. Current focus: • “Wider outcomes” • Teacher training • Operating the market system through provider choice • School autonomy

  8. Thank you for listening • If you would like to contact me to discuss any aspect of this presentation or my article, my email is: • J.brown01@ioe.ac.uk

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