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Author McNeil, Linda

Title Contradictions of Reform : Educational Costs of Standardized Testing
Published London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (337 pages)
Series Critical social thought
Critical social thought.
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Series Editor's Introduction; Author's Preface; ̃The Examiner̃; Standardization, Defensive Teaching, and the Problems of Control; Magnet Schools: ̃The Best Schools Money Can't Buỹ; Breaking the Cycle: The Pathfinder School; The School for Science, Engineering, and Technology: A Different Kind of Bargain; ̃We've Got to Nuke This Educational System̃; Collateral Damage; The Educational Costs of Standardization; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary A provocative look into the reality for students and teachers of standardized testing. Teaching methods and strategies are analyzed to find out how this change in practice influences both how and what children learn
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-295) and index
Notes English
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Subject Education -- Standards -- United States.
School improvement programs -- United States
Education -- Standards
School improvement programs
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 99048312
ISBN 9780203900451
0203900456
1135963282
9781135963286
1135963290
9781135963293
1280316764
9781280316760