How Teachers Understand and Use Power in Alternative Assessment

Table 1

3 Different ways of experiencing AA.

Conceptions of AA	Conservative	Pragmatic	Progressive
Focuses on	Status quo	Effectiveness	Sustainability
Understands AA as	AA is a luxury or a distraction	AA is an improvement	AA is an indictment of current practices
Uses AA to	Supplement existing practice but not relevant to subject	Complement existing practice within subject	Revamp assessment practices beyond and across subjects
Power	Tends to be conformist. Tends to anticipate and avoid resistance	Conciliatory approach. Works to placate and accommodate resistance	Possess conviction of critical need for AA. Able to resist compromise amidst resistance