Some thoughts about the value of an OECD international assessment framework for early childhood services in Aotearoa New Zealand

Carr, Margaret; Mitchell, Linda; Rameka, Lesley Kay

doi:10.1177/1463949116680705

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Carr, M., Mitchell, L., & Rameka, L. (2016). Some thoughts about the value of an OECD international assessment framework for early childhood services in Aotearoa New Zealand. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 17(4), 450–454. https://doi.org/10.1177/1463949116680705

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Abstract

We were alerted to this warning from James Gee because it is from a chapter that reflects on assessment from a sociocultural-situated perspective. The New Zealand early childhood education curriculum, Te Whāriki, also takes this perspective and, in this short article, we argue that the use of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) standardized tests to evaluate our early childhood education sector, while it may be perfectly ‘scientific’, could be disastrous for Te Whāriki.

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2016

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