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High Stakes brings the voices of students and teachers to our national debates over school accountability and educational reform. Recounting the experiences of two classrooms during one academic year, the book offers a critical exploration of excessive state-mandated monitoring, high-stakes testing pressures, and inequities in public school funding that impede the instructional work of teachers, especially those who serve children of poorer families. Visit our website for sample chapters!Johnson, Dale D. is the author of 'High Stakes Children, Testing, and Failure in American Schools' with ISBN 9780742517899 and ISBN 0742517896.
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