An examination of the history of educational evaluation in both Britain and the US, describing the development of alternative approaches in both countries, and analyzing the underlying attitudinal changes. Chapters are devoted to the emergence of a managerial approach to education and the consequent restrictions on accesss to evaluative information. The book also considers the conflicts arising from these developments and the role of evaluation as currently defined in terms of both education and the wider issues of public policy.
- ISBN10 0312052413
- ISBN13 9780312052416
- Publish Date 1 September 1990 (first published July 1990)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 22 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 169
- Language English