A measure of failure : the political origins of standardized testing
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State University of New York Press, Albany, p.140 (2009)Call Number:
Cubb LB3060.3 .G37 2009URL:
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8336597Keywords:
Achievement tests--United States--History, Education--Standards--United States--HistoryAbstract:
Contents: 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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