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Argues that education in the States and Britain has been radically transformed, through efforts to create curricular standards, and through an emphasis on accou
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To better understand how high-stakes accountability has influenced teaching and learning, this book takes an in-depth look at the myriad consequences that high-
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America's leading expert in educational testing and measurement openly names the failures caused by today's testing policies and provides a blueprint for doing
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A 2020 AESA Critics' Choice Book Award winner The rise of high-stakes testing in New York and across the nation has narrowed and simplified what is taught, whil
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
Language: en
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