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Show full pageA measure of failure : the political origins of standardized testing / Mark J. Garrison.
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- Author/Creator:
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Garrison, Mark J., 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Imprint:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2009.
- Format:
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- Book
- xii, 140 p. ; 23 cm.
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-131) and index.
- Contents:
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- 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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- ISBN:
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1438427786
9781438427782
1438427778
9781438427775
- Catkey: 8336597
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