Risky teachers : Mitigating risk through high-stakes teacher evaluation in the USA
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Holloway, Jessica. (2019). Risky teachers : Mitigating risk through high-stakes teacher evaluation in the USA. Discourse : Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. 40(3), pp. 399-411. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2017.1322938
Authors | Holloway, Jessica |
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Abstract | As a post-structural critique of US teacher evaluation policy, this paper aims to disrupt accepted conceptualizations of teachers by (1) identifying discursive constructions of teachers in political talk, action, and legislation; (2) unpacking the ways that these constructions operate to legitimize punitive accountability policies and practices; and (3) mapping the associated accountability practices used by one school district to understand how they function to manage teachers and shape teacher subjectivities. Drawing on data that include official federal- and state-level policy documents, policy supplemental materials, and local teacher evaluation materials, this analysis demonstrates how teachers have been discursively positioned as ‘risky’ subjects. By doing so, the means to mitigate such ‘risks’ are rationalized, insofar as high-stakes accountability policies and practices ‘make sense’ to protect the well-being of students and the country. This has enabled a set of intrusive and punitive mechanisms that assess and discipline teachers to behave as low-risk subjects. |
Keywords | teacher evaluation; valueadded measures; rubrics; accountability policy; governmentality; policy-asdiscourse |
Year | 2019 |
Journal | Discourse : Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education |
Journal citation | 40 (3), pp. 399-411 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 0159-6306 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2017.1322938 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85019112428 |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 399-411 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 09 May 2017 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 02 Sep 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8wv14/risky-teachers-mitigating-risk-through-high-stakes-teacher-evaluation-in-the-usa
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