ERIC Number: ED497324
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Jul-28
Pages: 192
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: 0-7425-5937-8
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Stop High-Stakes Testing: An Appeal to America's Conscience
Johnson, Dale; Johnson, Bonnie; Farenga, Steve; Ness, Daniel
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
This book is a compelling indictment of the use of high-stakes assessments with punitive consequences in public schools. The authors trace the history of the policy and document the inequities for children of poverty that undergird high-stakes testing practices. Lack of dental and medical care, environmental violence, insufficient school funding, racism, and classism--all factors that contribute to this dire situation--are discussed in depth. The authors make a convincing case for discontinuing the unjust testing that has been forced on the nation's public school children. After the Foreword (Delores Malcolm), this book is organized into the following chapters: (1) High-Stakes Testing: A Brief History; (2) Chronic Racism; (3) Health Issues; (4) Violence and Safety Concerns in the Community, the School, and the Home; (5) School Funding Inequities; (6) The Tutoring Industry; and (7) Life Experiences.
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Medical Services, Testing, High Stakes Tests, Student Evaluation, Public Schools, Evaluation Methods, Poverty, High Risk Students, Educational Policy, Health Needs, Violence, Racial Bias, Social Bias, Test Bias, School Safety, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Educational Equity (Finance), Tutoring, Experience
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Publication Type: Books; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
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