02374nam 2200553 450 991079741600332120170918153729.01-4758-1702-9(CKB)3710000000466297(EBL)4086240(SSID)ssj0001543948(PQKBManifestationID)16136112(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543948(PQKBWorkID)13486412(PQKB)10555612(MiAaPQ)EBC4086240(EXLCZ)99371000000046629720150504h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAssessment, bureaucracy, and consolidation the issues facing schools today /Donald Parkerson and Jo Ann ParkersonLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,[2015]©20151 online resource (159 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4758-1701-0 1-4758-1700-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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?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.EducationUnited StatesEvaluationEducationStandardsUnited StatesSchool management and organizationUnited StatesEducationEvaluation.EducationStandardsSchool management and organization370.973Parkerson Donald Hugh1491132Parkerson Jo AnnMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910797416003321Assessment, bureaucracy, and consolidation3712767UNINA