Carr, MargaretMitchell, LindaRameka, Lesley Kay2017-06-2920162017-06-292016Carr, 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/10.1177/14639491166807051463-9491https://hdl.handle.net/10289/11134We 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.application/pdfimage/pngen© The Author(s) 2016Journal Article10.1177/14639491166807051463-9491