LE PROVE INVALSI COME EMBLEMA DELLA NUOVA SCUOLA NEOLIBERISTA: DUE CASE STUDIES/THE INVALSI TESTS AS AN EMBLEM OF THE NEW NEOLIBERAL SCHOOL: TWO CASE STUDIES

Abstract

In this contribution the author focuses on the mechanics of the school evaluation system through the analysis of the INVALSI phenomenon in two schools of the Neapolitan area, the I. C. Romeo-Cammisa in Sant’Antimo and the Gandhi multi-specialist high school in Casoria. The aim was to understand the effects that standardized tests can have on the educational path of students who grow up in notoriously complex territories. The results of the focus groups held with the teachers and the interviews with the Head teachers were presented. In light of the results that emerged, the  author imagined an alternative horizon to the current one.

Keywords

    INVALSI; Evaluation; Neoliberalism; Standardized Tests; Public School.