Stop High-Stakes Testing
An Appeal to America's Conscience
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Educational Theory, Aims & Objectives, Administration
| Author: | Dale Johnson, Bonnie Johnson, Steve Farenga, Daniel Ness | ISBN: | 9781461642824 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Publication: | July 12, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dale Johnson, Bonnie Johnson, Steve Farenga, Daniel Ness |
| ISBN: | 9781461642824 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Publication: | July 12, 2007 |
| Imprint: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Language: | English |
Stop High-Stakes Testing: An Appeal to America's Conscience is a compelling indictment of the use of high-stakes assessments with punitive consequences in our public schools. The authors trace the history of the policy and document the inequities for children of poverty that undergird high-stakes testing practices. Lack of dental and medical care, environmental violence, insufficient school funding, racism, and classism_all factors that contribute to this dire situation_are discussed in depth. The authors make a convincing case for discontinuing the unjust testing that has been forced on our nation's public school children.
Stop High-Stakes Testing: An Appeal to America's Conscience is a compelling indictment of the use of high-stakes assessments with punitive consequences in our public schools. The authors trace the history of the policy and document the inequities for children of poverty that undergird high-stakes testing practices. Lack of dental and medical care, environmental violence, insufficient school funding, racism, and classism_all factors that contribute to this dire situation_are discussed in depth. The authors make a convincing case for discontinuing the unjust testing that has been forced on our nation's public school children.
