This is the author’s version of a work that was submitted/accepted for pub- lication in the following source: Comber, Barbara (2013) High-stakes literacy tests and local effects in a rural school. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 36 (2), pp. 78- 89. This ﬁle was downloaded from: c  Copyright 2013 ALEA Notice: Changes introduced as a result of publishing processes such as copy-editing and formatting may not be reﬂected in this document. For a deﬁnitive version of this work, please refer to the published source: