2017
DOI: 10.14507/epaa.25.3034
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The “power” of value-added thinking: Exploring the implementation of high-stakes teacher accountability policies in Rio de Janeiro

Abstract: Abstract:The purpose of this article is to ethnographically document the market-based ideological assumptions of Rio de Janeiro's educational policymakers, and the ways in which those assumptions have informed these policymakers' decision to implement value-added modeling-based teacher evaluation policies. Drawing on the anthropological literature on meaning making (Anderson-Levitt, 2012), the focus of this study is on the common understandings and ideological assumptions regarding "good" teacher education pra… Show more

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“…Efforts to measure, monitor, and incentivize teachers have intensified across the globe over the last two decades (Echávarri & Peraza, 2017;Flores & Derrington, 2017;La Londe, 2017;Straubhaar, 2017;Verger & Curran, 2014). International organizations and policy entrepreneurs have disseminated new technologies of teacher accountability, and their work has been fueled by international assessments that foster country-to-country comparisons in an increasingly competitive worldwide market (Ball, 2016;Echávarri & Peraza, 2017;Flores & Derrington, 2017;Tatto, 2006;Verger & Curran, 2014).…”
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“…Efforts to measure, monitor, and incentivize teachers have intensified across the globe over the last two decades (Echávarri & Peraza, 2017;Flores & Derrington, 2017;La Londe, 2017;Straubhaar, 2017;Verger & Curran, 2014). International organizations and policy entrepreneurs have disseminated new technologies of teacher accountability, and their work has been fueled by international assessments that foster country-to-country comparisons in an increasingly competitive worldwide market (Ball, 2016;Echávarri & Peraza, 2017;Flores & Derrington, 2017;Tatto, 2006;Verger & Curran, 2014).…”
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confidence: 99%