de-testing and de-grading schools: Authentic Alternatives to Accountability and Standardization (Counterpoints)

ISBN 10: 1433130580 / ISBN 13: 9781433130588

Verlag: Peter Lang Inc., International A, 2016

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers mon0003402210

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: de-testing and de-grading schools: Authentic Alternatives to Accountability and Standardization (Counterpoints)
• Verlag: Peter Lang Inc., International A
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1433130580
• ISBN-13: 9781433130588
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: Very Good

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The book explores the historical failure of testing and grading; the theoretical and philosophical arguments against testing and grading; the negative influence of tests and grades on social justice, race, class, and gender; and the role that they play in perpetuating a deficit perspective of children.

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Joe Bower was a teacher in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He spent ten years teaching grade eight language arts and science in a middle school, and then served as a special education teacher in a children’s psychiatric assessment unit. View his work at www.joebower.org and @joe_bower.
P. L. Thomas, Professor of Education (Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina), taught high school English in rural South Carolina before moving to teacher education. He is currently a column editor for English Journal (National Council of Teachers of English) and series editor for Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genres. Follow his work at https://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/ and @plthomasEdD.