The oppressive nature of admission tests to public higher education

Standardized tests, as other elements of oppression, “originate, develop and are contained” within a matrix of domination (Collins, 2009). Since the use of standardized tests reproduces social hierarchies and inequality, I analyze how the three functions of John Dewey’s democratic education (Bowles...

• Main Author: Cabrera Moreno, Sandra Leonor (author)
• Format: article
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: pruebas estandarizadas; opresión; educación democrática; universidad pública; standardized tests; oppression; democratic education; public university
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33890/innova.v2.n6.2017.217; https://repositorio.uide.edu.ec/handle/37000/3589