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Curriculum innovation within an evaluative state: issues of risk and regulation |
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| Authors: | David Halpin Marny Dickson Sally Power Geoff Whitty Sharon Gewirtz |
| Institution: | 1. Institute of Education University of London;2. King's College University of London |
| Abstract: | The English EAZ experience illustrates the difficulties of developing an innovative, responsive and inclusive curriculum within an evaluative state characterized by high stakes testing. Consequently, while government exhortations to ‘raise standards’, ‘innovate’ and ‘promote social inclusion’ clearly serve an important rhetorical function, they may underestimate the challenges involved and overestimate the capacity of schools within disadvantaged areas to ‘make a difference’. |
| Keywords: | curriculum reform education action zones |