Testing, Reform and Rebellion

by H. Corbett, Bruce Wilson, Bruce L. Wilson

This book represents one of the first extensive investigations of the effects of statewide testing policies on local school districts. It focuses on the increasingly popular tool in education of promoting reform by comparison. There is a prevailing assumption among policymakers and state education officials that they can pressure schools into action by comparing schools, school districts, and states on test performances. However, this pressure often...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567500838
• ISBN13: 9781567500837
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"