Governing by testing : circulation, psychometric knowledge, experts and the "Alliance for Progress" in Latin America during the 1960s and 1970s / Cristina Alarcón

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Author	ALARCON, Cristina
Title	Governing by testing : circulation, psychometric knowledge, experts and the "Alliance for Progress" in Latin America during the 1960s and 1970s / Cristina Alarcón
Publication year	2015
Source/Footnote	In: European Education. - 47 (2015) 3, S. 199 - 214
Inventory number	38839
Keywords	Ausland : Lateinamerika : Studenten, Studium, Lehre ; Ausland : Lateinamerika : Hochschulwesen allgemein
Abstract	This paper analyzes the activities, members, and effects of an inter-American expert network for the diffusion of psychometric knowledge, specifically of standardized aptitude testing for university admission in Latin America during the 1960s and 1970s. Within the framework of educational transfer studies, the role of international, nongovernmental, and philanthropic organizations is examined. It is argued that circulation of psychometric knowledge and technologies led to a new governing regime for learning and learners. The paper discusses the effect of convergence and Americanization, in the context of US-promoted Alliance for Progress, but also of divergence and resistance. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)