This article reveals the multifaceted ways in which policy enactment was expressed as praxis in the context of assessment reform in Ontario, Canada. The research explores the way in which the Growing Success assessment policy was interpreted variously by different educators occupying senior roles within the district office in a single school district in northern Ontario. Drawing on neo-Aristotelian theorising, the research reveals how ‘policy in practice’ was expressed as a form of praxis, where such praxis is understood as morally committed and informed action oriented towards excellence in a field (in this case, education). While recognising the complexity of policy enactment, and how policy enactment can result in unforeseen and sometimes problematic outcomes, the research also reveals how policy enactment can have productive outcomes in relation to what are construed as the ‘internal goods’ of education. In the research presented, these productive outcomes included the capacity to facilitate teachers’ learning within and across elementary and secondary school sites; a critical, constructive focus on standardised measures of student learning in relation to academic outcomes; and the enhancement of student learning opportunities via cultural inclusion, particularly in relation to First Nations, Métis and Inuit students. In this way, the research validates a conception of policy as praxis and foregrounds how policy enactment can be understood in ways that promote the intrinsic integrity of educational practice, and the need to draw on these ‘internal goods’ in such enactment.

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政策实践：资深教育者制定评估政策改革

本文揭示了在加拿大安大略省的评估改革背景下，将政策制定表达为实践的多种方式。该研究探索了由安大略省北部一个学区的地区办公室内担任高级职务的不同教育者对成长成功评估政策进行不同解释的方式。该研究借鉴了新亚里士多德的理论，揭示了“实践中的政策”是如何以实践的形式表达的，这种实践被理解为道德上的承诺，并且是针对某一领域（在这种情况下，是教育）的卓越行为。在认识到政策制定的复杂性以及政策制定如何导致无法预料甚至有时会产生问题的结果时，该研究还揭示了政策制定如何与被解释为教育的“内部产品”有关的事物产生成果。在提出的研究中，这些富有成果的成果包括促进教师在中小学和校内以及跨校学习的能力。重点，建设性地关注与学业成绩相关的学生学习标准化措施；以及通过文化融合增加学生的学习机会，特别是与原住民，梅蒂斯人和因纽特人有关的学生。这样，本研究验证了政策的实践性概念，并提出了如何以促进教育实践的内在完整性的方式理解政策制定的前景，并提出了在此类立法中利用这些“内部物品”的需求。