TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Dale D.
AU  - Johnson,Bonnie
TI  - High stakes: children, testing, and failure in American schools 
SN  - 0742517888 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - LB 3052.L8 J66 2002
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Lanham, Md.
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
KW  - Educational tests and measurements
KW  - Louisiana
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Educational accountability
KW  - Educational equalization
KW  - Poor children
KW  - Education
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-211) and index; From ivory tower to White Lightning Road : launching a teaching career -- Hayricks and helicopters : the realities of an underfunded school -- September : the children we teach -- October : regulating teaching -- November : drugs, poverty, and test scores -- December : "clamp down" -- January : test preparation--the pace quickens -- February : pep rallies for tests -- March : test-day traumas -- April : freedom to teach and learn -- May : "I don't want to spend my time on paperwork" -- How can we build a better future? : recommendations for policy change
ER  -