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High-stakes Testing and the Decline of Teaching and Learning
Language: en
Pages: 190
Authors: David W. Hursh
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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Argues that education in the States and Britain has been radically transformed, through efforts to create curricular standards, and through an emphasis on accou
The Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing
Language: en
Pages: 189
Authors: Gail M. Jones
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-04-09 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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To better understand how high-stakes accountability has influenced teaching and learning, this book takes an in-depth look at the myriad consequences that high-
The Testing Charade
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: Daniel Koretz
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-08-31 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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America's leading expert in educational testing and measurement openly names the failures caused by today's testing policies and provides a blueprint for doing
Opting Out
Language: en
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Authors: David Hursh
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A 2020 AESA Critics' Choice Book Award winner The rise of high-stakes testing in New York and across the nation has narrowed and simplified what is taught, whil
High Stakes
Language: en
Pages: 350
Authors: National Research Council
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998-12-16 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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Everyone is in favor of "high education standards" and "fair testing" of student achievement, but there is little agreement as to what these terms actually mean