America's "failing" schools
Subtitle: how parents and teachers can cope with no child left behind
By: W. James Popham.
Edition: Paperback ed.
Publisher: Routledge; RoutledgeFalmer
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
Subjects: United States; Education -- United States -- Evaluation; Education -- Standards -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The No Child Left Behind Act; title: A major education law's testing requirements; title: Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) : little letters-big impact; title: Report cards-and sanctions; title: Educational tests : the heart of the matter; title: Some nuts and bolts of educational testing; title: Measuring temperature with a tablespoon; title: Today's standards-based tests; title: Instructionally supportive accountability tests; title: Evaluating schools; title: The evidence needed to evaluate schools; title: Student affect; title: Determining a particular school's quality; title: Conclusion : what to do now?