LEADER 02092nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910781307503321 005 20230721010236.0 010 $a1-283-14663-0 010 $a9786613146632 010 $a1-60994-473-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000039456 035 $a(EBL)718567 035 $a(OCoLC)733040258 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000524026 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12250960 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000524026 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10546337 035 $a(PQKB)10673398 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC718567 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL718567 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10480962 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL314663 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000039456 100 $a20090501d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMaking the grades$b[electronic resource] $emy misadventures in the standardized testing industry /$fTodd S. Farley 210 $aSausalito, Calif. $cPoliPointPress ;$a[LaVergne, Tenn.] $cDistributed by Ingram Publisher Services$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $a0 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-9817091-5-X 327 $apt. 1. Wage slave -- pt. 2. Management -- pt. 3. Retirement. 330 $aJust as American educators, parents, and policymakers reconsider the No Child Left Behind Act and its heavy emphasis on standardized testing, Todd Farley's Making the Grades raises questions about the validity of large-scale educational assessments. His behind-the-scenes account of the for-profit testing industry is provocative, hilarious, and instructive. 410 0$a0 606 $aExaminations$zUnited States$xScoring 606 $aBusiness and education$zUnited States 615 0$aExaminations$xScoring. 615 0$aBusiness and education 676 $a371.26/2 700 $aFarley$b Todd$01538661 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781307503321 996 $aMaking the grades$93788835 997 $aUNINA