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ERIC Number: EJ594892
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
The Ninth Bracey Report on the Condition of Public Education.
Bracey, Gerald W.
Phi Delta Kappan, v81 n2 p147-48,150-60,162-68 Oct 1999
Chronicles the nation's testing madness, highlighting the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System's foibles, including its categorizations of "test-effective" teachers. Examines research on private/public school comparisons, failure of a Chilean voucher system, a privatization conference's testimonial proceedings, the class-size controversy, charter schools, and vouchers. (36 references) (MLH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Charter Schools, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Private Schools, Public Education, Standardized Tests, Test Results
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Tennessee Value Added Assessment System