This article is an extract from a longer research article originally published in the journal English in Education. It describes a parallel situation in Australia where high-stakes assessment led to stereotyped writing, endless test practice and widespread student disengagement.
To cite this article
NERIDA SPINA (2017) Governing by Numbers: local effects on students' experiences of writing, FORUM, 59(2), 197-200. http://doi.org/10.15730/forum.2017.59.2.197
