High-stakes testing and the decline of teaching and learning
Subtitle: the real crisis in education
By: David Hursh.
Series: Critical education policy and politics
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780742561489; 9780742561496
Subjects: Educational tests and measurements -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-166) and index.
Table of contents: title: Situating the personal in the political; title: Demystifying education: theorizing practice and practicing theory; title: Years of struggle and hope; title: Conflicting visions of schooling and teaching: the historical and political context; title: The rise of high-stakes testing at the state and federal levels: New York, Texas, and No Child Left Behind; title: Renaissance 2010: the reassertion of ruling-class power through Neoliberal policies in Chicago / David Hursh and Pauline Lipman; title: Imagining the future: alternatives to Neoliberalism and high-stakes testing and neoliberalism.