Kill the messenger : the war on standardized testing - Phelps, Richard P. (New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, 2005)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-319) and index.
Keywords: Educational tests and measurements -- United States; Education -- Standards -- United States; Educational accountability -- United States