Phelps, Richard P. <br/><br/>
Kill the messenger :  the war on standardized testing / 
Richard P. Phelps ; with a foreword by Herbert J. Walberg and a preface by J.E. Stone. 
 - 1st pbk. print. 
 - New Brunswick, N.J. :  Transaction Publishers,  2005, c2003. 
 - xix, 331 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-319) and index. 
<br/><br/>Reveille : prelude to battle (introduction) -- 1. The battlefield (testing systems and testing interests) -- 2. Attack strategies and tactics -- 3. Campaigns : the big, bad SAT -- 4. Campaigns : Texas, the early years -- 5. Campaigns : Texas, the presidential election year 2000 -- 6. War correspondence (media coverage of testing) -- 7. The fruits of victory (benefits of testing) -- 8. The spoils of war (valid concerns about testing) -- 9. The agony of defeat (the consequences of losing the war : the alternatives to standardized testing) -- Appendix : an anti-testing vocabulary. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1412805120 9781412805124 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Educational tests and measurements--United States.<br/>Education--Standards--United States.<br/>Educational accountability--United States.