| Description |
xi, 100 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Testing is not teaching -- The freedom factor -- Sharing power with intelligent expectation -- Everyone has a story to tell -- Let's change the face of competition -- Necessary qualities in the twenty-first-century learner -- The child is the most important evaluator -- When testing lowers standards -- Accountability -- A pessimist looks at the future of education in America -- Assessments that raise standards -- Tap teacher expertise for higher standards -- Are long, slow thinkers an endangered species? -- What writing does -- The bottom line -- What's that for? -- What happened to time for teaching? -- Teaching when time is in short supply -- The energy of continual composition -- A mutual trust -- Building an energy-filled future for public education |
| Summary |
In 22 essays, Don Graves shows how testing encroaches on teacher freedom; considers how narrow standards can actually reduce student achievement; asks questions that can help teachers to cope with these new restrictions; and discusses practices that support humane teaching in a testing environment |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-100) |
| Subject |
Educational tests and measurements -- United States.
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Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2002009727 |
| ISBN |
0325004803 paperback alkaline paper |
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