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Informationen zum Autor Michele Wages is an instructional coordinator for one of the largest school districts in Texas. She has also served as an assistant professor teaching emergent and developing literacy and diagnosis and remediation of reading at elementary level to elementary education majors. Klappentext Testing in U.S. public schools is out of control. The stress and pressures for all involved have effects that are not even measurable in most instances. Is this really the best thing for our schools? Are there alternative measures that may serve our future in a better way?Will the rewrite of NCLB be enough? Zusammenfassung Testing in U.S. public schools is out of control. The stress and pressures for all involved have effects that are not even measurable in most instances. Is this really the best thing for our schools? Are there alternative measures that may serve our future in a better way?Will the rewrite of NCLB be enough? Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Why Experts Say We Need Standardized Tests Chapter 2: Why Teachers Say We Don't Chapter 3: What's Wrong with Standardized Tests? Chapter 4: So Why Do We Test? Chapter 5: The Other Costs of Standardized Tests Chapter 6: How Does Child Poverty Affect Standardized Testing? Chapter 7: How Does Today's Cultural Diversity Affect Testing? Chapter 8: What Do Standardized Tests Really Reflect? Chapter 9: Are There Benefits to Standardized Testing? Chapter 10: What Are The Alternatives to Standardized Testing? Chapter 11: Will the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Act Fix the Problems? Conclusion References About the Author
