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Failing Our Kids: Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools
by Kathy Swope, Barb Miner
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- Condition: Acceptable
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- Provider Rating: 94%
- Ships From: Simi Valley, CA
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- Comments: staining on cover
Product details
- ISBN-13: 9780942961263
- ISBN: 0942961269
- Publication Date: 2000
- Publisher: Rethinking Schools Ltd
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SUMMARY
The long arm of standardized testing is reaching into every nook and cranny of education. Yet relying on standardized tests distorts student learning, exacerbates inequities for low-income students and students of color, and undermines true accountability. Failing Our Kids includes more than 50 articles that provide a compelling critique of standardized tests and also outline alternative ways to assess how well our children are learning.Kathy Swope is the author of 'Failing Our Kids: Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools', published 2000 under ISBN 9780942961263 and ISBN 0942961269.
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