LEADER 02246nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910955205003321 005 20240516075048.0 010 $a9786613146632 010 $a9781283146630 010 $a1283146630 010 $a9781609944735 010 $a1609944739 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(FR-PaCSA)88806905 035 $a(FRCYB88806905)88806905 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 $emy misadventures in the standardized testing industry /$fTodd S. Farley 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSausalito, Calif. $cPoliPointPress ;$a[LaVergne, Tenn.] $cDistributed by Ingram Publisher Services$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 225 1 $a0 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a9780981709154 311 08$a098170915X 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$01796013 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955205003321 996 $aMaking the grades$94337564 997 $aUNINA