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04567aam a2200553 i 4500 001 A64E697EF31211EEA2A0228A4CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240405010125 008 221116s2023 mduad b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2022055371 020 $a 1475869940 020 $a 9781475869941 020 $a 1475869932 020 $a 9781475869934 035 $a (OCoLC)1348865789 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YBM $d Z35 $d ZLM $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LC89 $b .P49 2023 082 00 $a 379.73 $2 23/eng/20221116 100 1 $a Phelps, Richard P., $e author. 245 14 $a The malfunction of US education policy : $b elite misinformation, disinformation, and selfishness / $c Richard P. Phelps. 246 3 $a Malfunction of United States education policy 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Rowman & Littlefield, $c [2023] 300 $a xix, 175 pages : $b illustrations (black and white), charts ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 505 00 $t Conclusion : when what is left out is more important. $t Introduction : the cartel alliance and honest terminology -- $t The view from 2001 -- $t The triumph of strategic scholarship -- $t The education establishment cartel -- $t Linchpin of the cartel alliance : Koretz, Cannell, and the ghost of test security -- $t The education reform cartel -- $t A dense web of Common Core confederates -- $t The permanent education press : a breed apart -- $t The view from 2023 -- $t Conclusion : when what is left out is more important. 520 $a ""Policy formation" should be an objective process. However, US education policy is formed by opportunistic "strategic scholars" promoting only their own work. Wealthy foundations, political parties, and celebrity-obsessed journalists sustain this information degradation. The Malfunction of US Education Policy examines how education suffers for it"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a "The Malfunction of US Education Policy: Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness biased and inefficient information dissemination that has degraded US education research and policy since the year 2001, when a series of unfortunate disruptions began: first, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and federal imposition of an idiosyncratic and ineffectual testing program; second, the 'big bang' reorganization of the US education testing industry from a stable, cooperative oligopoly run by psychometricians to a commercially competitive free-for-all with more opportunist and customer-pleasing ambitions; and third, the Common Core standards, which mandated homogenous lower content standards onto the still required NCLB testing structure. Billions from the federal government and wealthy foundations have transformed many once-independent national education organizations into 'cargo cult' dependents and promoters of the new order, intolerant of divergent points of view. The research and policy brain trust responsible comprised an alliance of convenience among two 'citation cartels' of establishment and reform scholars and politicos, and an astonishingly cooperative and un-skeptical group of journalists. It succeeded in focusing attention on their work, while diverting attention away from a much larger universe of others' work (by ignoring, dismissing, or demeaning it) that included a century's worth of mostly experimental scholarship in the fields of psychology and program evaluation." -- Publisher's description 650 0 $a Education and state $z United States. 650 0 $a Mass media and educators $z United States. 650 0 $a Educational publishing $z United States. 650 0 $a Education $x Standards $z United States. 650 0 $a Educational change $z United States. 650 6 $a EÌducation $x Politique gouvernementale $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a MeÌdias et eÌducateurs $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a EÌdition scolaire $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 6 $a Enseignement $x ReÌforme $z EÌtats-Unis. 650 7 $a Education and state $2 fast 650 7 $a Education $x Standards $2 fast 650 7 $a Educational change $2 fast 650 7 $a Educational publishing $2 fast 650 7 $a Mass media and educators $2 fast 651 7 $a United States $2 fast 776 08 $i Online version: $a Phelps, Richard P. $t Malfunction of US education policy $d Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2023 $z 9781475869958 $w (DLC) 2022055372 941 $a 1 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20240405024528.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A64E697EF31211EEA2A0228A4CECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b JIDInitiate Another SILO Locator Search