Educational Standards and the Problem of Error

Creator

Noel Wilson

Files

Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

May 1998

Abstract

This study is about the categorisation of people in educational settings. It is clearly positioned from the perspective of the person categorised, and is particularly concerned with the violations involved when the error components of such categorisations are made invisible. Such categorisations are important. The study establishes the centrality of the measurement of educational standards to the production and control of the individual in society, and indicates the destabilising effect of doubts about the accuracy of such categorisations. ...

Extent

255

Volume

6

Issue

10

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00101

Creative Commons

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Wilson, Noel, "Educational Standards and the Problem of Error" (1998). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 334.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/334