| Description |
1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
| Series |
Essential viewpoints |
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Essential viewpoints.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-109) and index. |
| Contents |
No child left behind -- Testing controversy -- The history of testing -- Standards and scoring -- What is a standardized test -- Writing a good test -- How testing affects teaching -- Cheating : Students and teachers -- Cheating : States and districts -- Public opinion. |
| Summary |
Discusses standardized testing in schools and the controversy about its value as a tool, the history of testing, standards, and scoring, the No Child Left Behind Act, the effects on teaching, cheating among students and teachers, and public opinion about the topic. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 8.7 2.0 125863. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
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GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Educational tests and measurements -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Sayre, Robyn Lea.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dolezalek, Holly. Standardized testing in schools. Edina, Minn. : ABDO Pub. Co., c2009 9781604531138 (DLC) 2008011897 (OCoLC)213812115 |
| ISBN |
9781604538649 (ebook) |
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