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Author:

Phelps, Richard P.

Title:

Kill the messenger : the war on standardized testing / Richard P. Phelps ; with a foreword by Herbert J. Walberg and a preface by J.E. Stone.

Edition:

1st pbk. print.

Publisher:

Transaction Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2005, c2003

Description:

xix, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Educational tests and measurements--United States.
Education--Standards--United States.
Educational accountability--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-319) and index.

Contents:

Reveille : prelude to battle (introduction) -- 1. The battlefield (testing systems and testing interests) -- 2. Attack strategies and tactics -- 3. Campaigns : the big, bad SAT -- 4. Campaigns : Texas, the early years -- 5. Campaigns : Texas, the presidential election year 2000 -- 6. War correspondence (media coverage of testing) -- 7. The fruits of victory (benefits of testing) -- 8. The spoils of war (valid concerns about testing) -- 9. The agony of defeat (the consequences of losing the war : the alternatives to standardized testing) -- Appendix : an anti-testing vocabulary.

ISBN:

9781412805124
1412805120

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61572063

Locations:

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)