Vikram K Jaswal, Andrew J Lampi, Kayden M Stockwell
Literacy in nonspeaking autistic people
Autism : the international journal of research and practice
assessments particular high stakes assessments impact nature teaching learning given goal citizenship seen important needs feature within high stakes school exit assessments rather part curriculum assessment policy rhetoric south africas mathematical literacy ml curriculum foregrounds critical democratic citizenship analyse ml grade 12 exit assessments start 2008 2020 understand emphasis placed critical citizenship emphasis shifted time literature base links critical citizenship orientations reasoning reflecting questions focused examination questions category findings show shifts away critical citizenship related agendas towards foregrounding life preparation orientation selfmanaging person linked shift note move away general societal contexts towards personalindividual contexts moves almost entirely national contexts inclusion global contexts noted movement openphrased questions towards closed check figure calculated validtype questions assessment memoranda suggest assessors view questions reasoning items eroding critical citizenship agenda increasing numbers students taking ml rather mathematics average performance stands around 40 points limited diminishing access mathematical reasoning reflecting critical democratic citizenship paper highlights ways analysis examinations time provide window presence absence citizenship agenda mathematics education