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Author Meier, Deborah.

Title In schools we trust : creating communities of learning in an era of testing and standardization / Deborah Meier.

Publication Info. Boston : Beacon Press, [2002]
©2002

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 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  371.26 M47    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  371.262 M511I    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  371.262 MEI    Check Shelf
Description 200 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-193).
Contents Learning in the company of adults -- Experiments in trust : The Mission Hill School and others -- Parents and schools -- Teachers trusting teachers -- Trusting each other's agendas and intentions : the dynamics of race and class -- Why tests don't test what we think they do -- Standardization versus standards -- The achievement gap -- Scaling up : stacking the odds in favor of the best -- Democracy and public education.
Subject Public schools -- United States -- Case studies.
Educational change -- United States -- Case studies.
Educational tests and measurements -- Standards -- United States.
ISBN 0807031429 cloth alkaline paper
0807031518 paperback
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