Laboratory of International Assessment Studies

One of the powerful aspects of contemporary quantification of literacy – literacy as numbers – is that the evidence produced through quantification seems to offer certainty and closure on what literacy is and who it is for. The technology of [...]

By Bryan Maddox, University of East Anglia In December 2014, an international ESRC seminar on Education Governance in International Assessments was held at the University of Edinburgh. Seven of the participants were asked to comment on video about the politics and [...]

The power and politics of international assessments.   By Sotiria Grek, University of Edinburgh. International education assessments have become the lifeblood of education governance in Europe and globally. But do we know enough about how education systems are measured against one [...]