Stop high-stakes testing : an appeal to America's conscience
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Stop high-stakes testing : an appeal to America's conscience
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2008
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Other authors: Bonnie Johnson, Stephen J. Faremga. and Daniel Ness
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Stop High-Stakes Testing: An Appeal to America's Conscience is a compelling indictment of the use of high-stakes assessments with punitive consequences in our public schools. The authors trace the history of the policy and document the inequities for children of poverty that undergird high-stakes testing practices. Lack of dental and medical care, environmental violence, insufficient school funding, racism, and classism_all factors that contribute to this dire situation_are discussed in depth. The authors make a convincing case for discontinuing the unjust testing that has been forced on our nation's public school children.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Foreword by Delores Malcolm Chapter 2 High-stakes Testing: A Brief History Chapter 3 Chronic Racism Chapter 4 Health Issues Chapter 5 Violence and Safety Concerns in the Community, the School, and the Home Chapter 6 School Funding Inequities Chapter 7 The Tutoring Industry Chapter 8 Life Experiences
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