| Description |
1 online resource (xxxii, 304 pages) |
| Series |
Critical social thought |
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Critical social thought.
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| Contents |
Part PartI -- chapter 1 Standardization, Defensive Teaching, and the Problems of Control -- chapter Defensive Teaching and the Contradictions of Control -- part PartII -- chapter 2 Magnet Schools: "The Best Schools Money Can't Buy" -- chapter 3 Breaking the Cycle: The Pathfinder School -- chapter Pathfinder Students -- chapter Pathfinder Projects -- chapter 4 The School for Science, Engineering, and Technology: A Different Kind of Bargain -- chapter "The Blood of the Faculty. . ." -- part PartIII -- chapter 5 "We've Got to Nuke This Educational System" -- chapter A Problem for Management -- chapter 6 Collateral Damage -- chapter The Myth of Standardized Reform -- chapter 7 The Educational Costs of Standardization |
| Summary |
Annotation 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 Reformis 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 Reformargues compellingly that the preparation of students for standardized tests engenders teaching methods that vastly compromise the quality of education |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-295) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Education -- Standards -- United States.
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School improvement programs -- United States
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EDUCATION -- Finance.
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Education -- Standards
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School improvement programs
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203900456 |
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9780203900451 |
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9780415920735 |
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0415920736 |
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9780415920742 |
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0415920744 |
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1135963290 |
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9781135963293 |
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1280316764 |
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9781280316760 |
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1135963282 |
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9781135963286 |
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