02675oam 2200661I 450 991045007350332120200520144314.01-135-96328-21-135-96329-01-280-31676-40-203-90045-610.4324/9780203900451 (CKB)1000000000248852(EBL)180201(OCoLC)475886615(SSID)ssj0000130059(PQKBManifestationID)12052976(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130059(PQKBWorkID)10080520(PQKB)10027437(MiAaPQ)EBC180201(Au-PeEL)EBL180201(CaPaEBR)ebr10054162(CaONFJC)MIL31676(OCoLC)50686347(EXLCZ)99100000000024885220180331d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrContradictions of school reform educational costs of standardized testing /Linda M. McNeilNew York :Routledge,2000.1 online resource (337 p.)Critical social thoughtDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-92074-4 0-415-92073-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-295) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Series Editor's Introduction; Author's Preface; ~The Examiner~; Standardization, Defensive Teaching, and the Problems of Control; Magnet Schools: ~The Best Schools Money Can't Buy~; Breaking the Cycle: The Pathfinder School; The School for Science, Engineering, and Technology: A Different Kind of Bargain; ~We've Got to Nuke This Educational System~; Collateral Damage; The Educational Costs of Standardization; Notes; Bibliography; IndexA provocative look into the reality for students and teachers of standardized testing. Teaching methods and strategies are analyzed to find out how this change in practice influences both how and what children learn.Critical social thought.Contradictions of reformEducationStandardsUnited StatesSchool improvement programsUnited StatesElectronic books.EducationStandardsSchool improvement programs379.1/58/0973379.1580973McNeil Linda M.969607FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910450073503321Contradictions of school reform2203497UNINA