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The Case Against Standardized Testing

Paperback • 2000 • English

The Case Against Standardized Testing

By Alfie Kohn

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About the book

Our students are tested to an extent that is unprecedented in American history and unparalleled anywhere in the world. Politicians and businesspeople, determined to get tough with students and teachers, have increased the pressure to raise standardized test scores. Unfortunately, the effort to do so typically comes at the expense of more meaningful forms of learning. That disturbing conclusion emerges from Alfie Kohn's devastating new indictment of standardized testing. Drawing from the latest...Show more

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ISBN

9780325003252

Publisher

Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

The Case Against Standardized Testing

Format

Paperback

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