High stakes : children, testing, and failure in American schools / Dale D. Johnson and Bonnie Johnson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2002.Description: xxi, 223 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0742517888 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0742517896 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB 3052.L8 J66 2002
Contents:
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.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection LB 3052 .L8 J66 2002 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98621130

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.

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