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how testing and choice are undermining education

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The death and life of the great American school system

how testing and choice are undermining education

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Publisher
Basic Books
Language
English
Pages
283

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Table of Contents

What I learned about school reform
Hijacked!: how the standards movement turned into the testing movement
The transformation of district
Lessons from San Diego
The business model in New York City
NCLB: measure and punish
Choice: the story of an idea
The trouble with accountability
What would Mrs. Ratliff do?
The billionaire boys' club
Lessons learned.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-271) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
379.1
Library of Congress
LA217.2 .R38 2010

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 283 p. ;
Number of pages
283

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24534884M
ISBN 13
9780465014910
LCCN
2009050406

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