'Will I learn what I want to learn?' Usable representations, 'students' and OECD assessment production

• Published in: Discourse (Abingdon, England) Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 700 - 711
• Main Authors: Shahjahan, Riyad A., Morgan, Clara, Nguyen, David J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 20.10.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO); Case Studies; Classification; College Students; Discourse analysis; Documentation; Education policy; Educational evaluation; Educational Policy; Evaluation Methods; Global Approach; Grading; Hall (S); Higher Education; Initiatives; International Programs; international student assessments; learning outcomes; OECD; Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Outcomes of education; Policy formation; representation; Standardized Tests; Stuart Hall; Student assessment; Student Characteristics; Student Evaluation; Student Role; students; Test Construction; Tests; University students; Australia

Amid growing debates around international assessment tools in educational policy, few have critically examined how students themselves are cast in policy tool production processes and discourse. Drawing on Stuart Hall's concept of representation, we show how higher education (HE) 'students...