Testing Wars in the Public Schools : A Forgotten History /

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Written tests to evaluate students were a radical and controversial innovation when American educators began adopting them in the 1800s. Testing quickly became a key factor in the political battles during this period that gave birth to America's modern public school system. William J. Reese off...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reese, William J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Educational tests and measurements > United States > History > 19th century.
Public schools > United States > History > 19th century.
EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General.
EDUCATION / Testing & Measurement.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
EDUCATION / History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • CHAPTER 1. Festivals of Learning
  • CHAPTER 2. A-Putting Down Sin
  • CHAPTER 3. Screwing Machines
  • CHAPTER 4. A Pile of Thunder-Bolts
  • CHAPTER 5. Thanatopsis and Square Roots
  • CHAPTER 6. Chewing Pencil Tops
  • CHAPTER 7. The Culture of Testing
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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