Assessing Values Education: A Tentative Exploration
Journal: OPUS - Open Publications of UTS Scholars (University of Technology Sydney)
Year: 2011

WHILE THE INTRODUCTION of the 'National Framework for Values Education in Australian Schools' (Department of Education, Science and Training, 2005a) and its companion publication, 'Values for Australian Schooling Professional Learning Resources' (DEST, 2005b) signalled a resurgence of interest in values education, relatively little attention has been paid to how it might be assessed. This article argues that a more satisfactory solution than attempting to assess the attainment of specific values