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   What's at Stake in the K-12 Standards Wars: A Primer for Educational Policy Makers » Read Now

   by Sandra Stotsky. 369 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library
   
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   Standards Primer » Read Now

   by Raymond A. Horn Jr. 149 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   Raymond A. Horn, Jr. is an Assistant Professor of Education at Penn State, Harrisburg.
   
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   From Standards to Success: A Guide for School Leaders » Read Now

   by Mark R. 0'Shea. 163 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library
   
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   Standardized Minds: The High Price of America's Testing Culture and What We Can Do to Change It » Read Now

   by Peter Sacks. 351 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   We've been told time and time again that standardized tests aren't perfect but that they're the best tool we have for gauging aptitude and achievement. Is this really true? What are the flaws of such testing? Why is your father's occupation a better predictor of SAT scores than virtually any other...

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   We've been told time and time again that standardized tests aren't perfect but that they're the best tool we have for gauging aptitude and achievement. Is this really true? What are the flaws of such testing? Why is your father's occupation a better predictor of SAT scores than virtually any other factor? And, most important, what can we do to hold one another accountable to standards at all levels of schools and in the workplace?

   Standardized Minds dramatically shows how our unhealthy and enduring obsession with intelligence testing affects us all, from the day we enter kindergarten to the day we apply for that corporate job. Drawing creative solutions from the headlines and the frontlines, Sacks demonstrates proven alternatives to such testing and details a plan to make the American meritocracy legitimate and fair.

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   Defending Standardized Testing » Read Now

   by Richard P. Phelps. 341 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library
   
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   Defending Public Schools, Vol. IV: The Nature and Limits of Standards-Based Reform and Assessment » Read Now

   by Sandra Mathison, E. Wayne Ross. 194 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library

   Defending Public Schools addresses the historical, current, and future context of public schools in the United States. While the essays provide an overview of education and schooling issues, the overarching concern is that public schools are under attack and deserve to be defended.
   
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   American Standards: Quality Education in a Complex World: The Texas Case » Read Now

   by Raymond A. Horn Jr., Joe L. Kincheloe. 402 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library
   
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   Standards for Our Schools: How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them » Read Now

   by Marc S. Tucker, Judy B. Codding. 370 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library
   
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   Succeeding with Standards: Linking Curriculum, Assessment, and Action Planning » Read Now

   by Judy F. Carr, Douglas E. Harris. 205 pgs.

   Collections: Education, Entire Library
   
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    Standards for American Schools: Help or Hindrance?, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Elliot W. Eisner. 6 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    
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    Resisting Educational Standards, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by David F. Labaree. 5 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    
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    Setting Standards and Interpreting Achievement: A Cautionary Tale from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, in Educational Assessment » Read Now

    by Daniel Koretz, Edward Deibert. 29 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    
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    What Standards for National Standards?, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by David Cohen. 7 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    
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    Mathematics Curricula Based on Rigorous National Standards What, Why, and How?, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Barbara Reys, Eric Robinson, Sheila Sconiers, June Mark. 12 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    
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    Educational Standards: To Standardize or to Customize Learning?, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now

    by Charles M. Reigeluth. 5 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    
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    Will Voluntary National Standards Fix the Potholes of Arts Education?, in Arts Education Policy Review » Read Now

    by Richard Colwell. 10 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library