The Ambiguity of Teaching to the Test: Standards, Assessment, and Educational Reform

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Although most experts agree that mandatory testing leads to teaching to the test, they disagree about whether it leads to meaningless drill, wasted time, de-professionalizing teachers, and demotivating students, or to more challenging and thoughtful curr
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Amazon Sales Rank: #595233 in Books
Published on: 2004-05-01
Number of items: 1
Binding: Paperback
112 pages
Editorial Reviews

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It [The Ambiguity of Teaching to the Test] thoroughly examines the ambiguity of test preparation and how test preparation practices are influenced by what teachers know and the leadership coming from the school and district....an important and comprehensive book for researchers, professionals and students in educational testing, educational policy, educational administration, mathematics and science education, educational reform, and the politics and sociology of education.
—SirReadalot

Through a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods, the authors develop a rich and complex set of analyses that cannot be readily dismissed by skeptics and will be welcomed by critical friends.
—Teaching Education

Highly recommended.
—CHOICE

[T]his is a strong volume....addressing the education system's response to testing and accountability. Based on solid, important studies....the analyses are remarkably balanced and grounded in evidence.
—Robert E. Floden
Michigan State University