A brief history of accountability and standardized testing -- Standardized testing before Sputnik -- Sputnik : a moment of crisis -- Standardized testing and higher education -- Directing future attention -- Writing in high school, writing in college -- Consortium for the study of writing in college -- National Commission on Writing -- National Curriculum Survey -- Institutionally based research -- Deep learning and writing instruction -- Beyond prewriting and clear expectations -- Genres beyond the university -- Writing attributes beyond the university -- Appendix A : student survey of writing in college -- What's an administrator or teacher to do? -- Writing across the curriculum (WAC) -- Effective and responsive instruction -- Professional development and assessment -- One last point : let's not forget English language learners -- Thinking vertically -- Common Core State Standards initiative -- Language and literacy Common Core State Standards -- Knowledge transfer -- Transfer and genres -- Behaviors and meta-awareness -- Teaching vertically -- Teaching writing matters -- Empowering sponsors -- Empowering and engaged professional development.
Summary:
"Traces the history of the accountability movement from the development of scale-based tests of writing in 1860s to the fabricated educational crises allowed by Sputnik in 1950s to the publication of A Nation at Risk in the 1980s and adoption of Common Core State Standards in 2009"--Provided by publisher.
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