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National Curriculum Assessment: a research agenda *
Author(s) -
Gipps Caroline V.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british educational research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.171
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1469-3518
pISSN - 0141-1926
DOI - 10.1080/0141192920180305
Subject(s) - curriculum , neglect , curriculum development , national curriculum , educational research , political science , pedagogy , sociology , educational assessment , engineering ethics , psychology , engineering , psychiatry
The National Curriculum development programme has been a major area for research and development funding over the last 3 years. This paper argues that much of the money has been wasted and little has been learnt from the exercise. The paper outlines an agenda for research around the National Curriculum and its assessment focusing on the areas of criterion‐referenced assessment, performance assessment, organisation and pedagogy, learning hierarchies, the use of results and equal opportunities. It urges researchers to reverse the neglect of fundamental research.