A measure of failure : the political origins of standardized testing /

This 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 ana...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Garrison, Mark J., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Sozialgeschichte 1800-2009.
Achievement tests > United States > History.
Education > Standards > United States > History.
Tests de rendement scolaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
EDUCATION > Evaluation.
STUDY AIDS > Tests.
EDUCATION > Testing & Measurement.
Achievement tests
Education > Standards
Schulleistungstest
Theory & Practice of Education.
Education.
Social Sciences.
United States
USA
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A 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.

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