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001			ocn277142672
003			OCoLC
005			20251028093150.0
008			081126s2009 nyu b s001 0 eng
010			_a 2008051366
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781438427782
035			_a(Sirsi) i9781438427782
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020			_a9781438427782 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a1438427786
035			_a(OCoLC)277142672
043			_an-us---
050	0	0	_aLB 3060.3 _b.G37 2009
049			_aVF$A
100	1		_aGarrison, Mark J., _d1968-
245	1	2	_aA measure of failure : _bthe political origins of standardized testing / _cMark J. Garrison.
260			_aAlbany : _bState University of New York Press, _cc2009.
300			_axii, 140 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis work deals with how and why standardized tests have become the ubiquitous standard by which educational achievement and intelligence are measured. How did standardized tests become the measure of performance in our public schools? In this work, the author attempts to answer this question by analyzing the development of standardized testing, from the days of Horace Mann and Alfred Binet to the current scene. Approaching the issue from a sociohistorical perspective, the author demonstrates the ways standardized testing has been used to serve the interests of the governing class by attaching a performance-based value to people and upholding inequality in American society. The book also discusses the implications that a restructuring of standardized testing would have on the future of education, specifically what it could do to eliminate the measure of individual worth based on performance.
505	0		_aA measure of failure -- The nature and function of standards -- Academic achievement and ability as forms of vertical classification -- Standardized tests as markers of social value -- The rise of public education: the impulse to mark achievement and ability -- Achievement testing: the case of Horace Mann -- Intelligence testing: the case of Alfred Binet -- Political origins of testing -- The failure of testing.
650		0	_aAchievement tests _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aEducation _xStandards _zUnited States _xHistory.
648		7	_aSozialgeschichte 1800-2009 _2swd
651		7	_aUSA _2swd
999			_c129390 _d129390