Linda McNeil

Contradictions of School Reform (eBook, PDF)

Educational Costs of Standardized Testing

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Parents and community activists around the country complain that the education system is failing our children. They point to students' failure to master basic skills, even as standardized testing is widely employed in efforts to improve the educational system. "Contradictions of Reform" is a provocative look into the reality, for students as well as teachers, of standardized testing. A detailed account of how student "improvement" and teacher "effectiveness" are evaluated, "Contradictions of Reform" argues compellingly that the preparation of students for standardized tests engenders teaching methods that vastly compromise the quality of education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 339
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. September 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135963293
• Artikelnr.: 42725805

Autorenporträt

of Education at Rice University. A past vice-president of the American Educational Research Association, she is the author of Contradictions of Control (Routledge, 1986).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I The Context of Control 1. Standardization, Defensive Teaching, and
the Problems of Control Part II Schools Structured for Learning 2. Magnet
Schools: The Best Schools Money Can't Buy 3. Breaking the Cycle: The
Pathfinder School 4. The School for Science, Engineering, and Technology: A
Different Kind of Bargain Part III The Perverse Effects of Legislated
Learning 5. We've Got to Nuke This Educational System 6. Collateral Damage
7. The Educational Costs of Standardization