Failing Our Kids: Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools

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.Barb Miner is the author of 'Failing Our Kids: Why the Testing Craze Won't Fix Our Schools', published 2000 under ISBN 9780942961263 and ISBN 0942961269.