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The past two decades have witnessed a dramatic increase in the importance and prevalence of large-scale assessment for accountability purposes. Programs have been introduced with the expectation of realizing significant collective and individual benefits, including raised educational standards, particularly for traditionally low-achieving groups of students; greater attention to important curriculum content; better information about student progress for the purposes of informing parents and guiding and improving teaching and learning; and greater transparency regarding the performance of schools and systems.
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Hill, P.W. (2010). Large-Scale Assessment for Accountability Purposes. In: Hargreaves, A., Lieberman, A., Fullan, M., Hopkins, D. (eds) Second International Handbook of Educational Change. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 23. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2660-6_25
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