Opting out : the story of the parents' grassroots movement to achieve whole-child public schools /

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The rise of high-stakes testing in New York and across the nation has narrowed and simplified what is taught, while becoming central to the effort to privatize public schools. However, it and similar reform efforts have met resistance, with New York as the exemplar for how to repel standardized test...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Hursh, David W., 1948- (Author), Deutermann, Jeanette (Author), Rudley, Lisa (Author), Chen, Zhe (Author), McGinnis, Sarah (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Gorham, ME : Myers Education Press LLC, [2020]
Subjects:
Educational tests and measurements > United States > Public opinion.
Common Core State Standards (Education) > Public opinion.
Public schools > United States.
Education and state > United States.
Education, Humanistic > United States.
Protest movements > United States.
Tests et mesures en éducation > États-Unis > Opinion publique.
Common Core State Standards (Éducation) > Opinion publique.
Écoles publiques > États-Unis.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Éducation humaniste > États-Unis.
Contestation > États-Unis.
Education and state
Education, Humanistic
Educational tests and measurements > Public opinion
Protest movements
Public schools
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Becoming activists
  • The rise of high-stakes testing and the opt-out movement : a brief history
  • Organizing to resist the common core state tests
  • Technology : promise or peril?
  • Beyond the opt-out movement : current challenges and the future.

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