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.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, 2005, c2003.Edition: 1st pbk. printDescription: xix, 331 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1412805120
  • 9781412805124
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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.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection LB 3051 .P54 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98632314

Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-319) and index.

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.

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