The Ambiguity of Teaching to the Test: Standards, Assessment, and Educational Reform

by William A. Firestone

Book Overview

Testing is one of the most controversial of all state and federal educational policies. The effects of testing are quite ambiguous. The same test may lead to different consequences in different circumstances, and teachers may use very different strategies to prepare students for tests. Although most experts agree that mandatory testing leads to teaching to the test, they disagree about whether it leads to meaningless drill, wasted time, de-professionalizing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805845690
• ISBN13: 9780805845693
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"