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Autore |
Parkerson Donald Hugh |
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Titolo |
Assessment, bureaucracy, and consolidation : the issues facing schools today / / Donald Parkerson and Jo Ann Parkerson |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (159 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Education - United States - Evaluation |
Education - Standards - United States |
School management and organization - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The world we have lost -- Assessment, bureaucracy and consolidation -- Seizing the schools : states and municipalities take control -- The consolidation century -- Embracing the corporate model -- The roots of standardized assessment -- Testing in schools -- Problems in corporate and school bureaucracy -- What have we done? -- What is to be done? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Today American schools are typically large, consolidated, bureaucratic organizations controlled by state and/or municipal governments. This book examines the remarkable transformation in the form and function of education and assesses the problems and possibilities for the future of schools and our nation. |
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