How Testing Came to Dominate American Schools: The History of Educational Assessment

by Gerard Giordano

Although originally designed as instruments to gauge students' progress, tests eventually were used to modify curricula, learning materials, pedagogy, and many practical features of schooling. Tests were employed to shape attitudes toward national issues such as employment, immigration, and defense. Worried about the enormous consequences that were at stake, advocates and opponents pitched their cases to educators, parents, journalists, and policymakers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820472557
• ISBN13: 9780820472553
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"