Raising standards or raising barriers? : inequality and high-stakes testing in public education / Gary Orfield and Mindy L. Kornhaber, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Orfield, Gary.

Kornhaber, Mindy L.

Series:

Civil rights in a new era

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational tests and measurements--Social aspects--United States.

Educational tests and measurements.

Educational tests and measurements--Social aspects.

Test bias.

United States.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Test bias--United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Century Foundation Press, 2001.

Summary:

This volume, commissioned by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, examines the economic and educational assumptions underlying the call for high-stakes tests.

Contents:

1. High-Stakes Testing Policies: Examining Their Assumptions and Consequences / Mindy L. Kornhaber, Gary Orfield 1

2. The Development and Impact of High-Stakes Testing / Gary Natriello, Aaron M. Pallas 19

3. High-Stakes Testing and Economic Productivity / Henry M. Levin 39

4. The Impacts of Minimum Competency Exam Graduation Requirements on College Attendance and Early Labor Market Success of Disadvantaged Students / John H. Bishop, Ferran Mane 51

5. The Adverse Impact of High-Stakes Testing on Minority Students: Evidence from One Hundred Years of Test Data / George Madaus, Marguerite Clarke 85

6. Do High-Stakes Graduation Tests Improve Learning Outcomes? Using State-level NAEP Data to Evaluate the Effects of Mandatory Graduation Tests / Monty Neill, Keith Gayler 107

7. The Harmful Impact of the TAAS System of Testing in Texas: Beneath the Accountability Rhetoric / Linda McNeil, Angela Valenzuela 127

8. Should We End Social Promotion? Truth and Consequences / Robert M. Hauser 151

9. High-Stakes Testing and Civil Rights: Standards of Appropriate Test Use and a Strategy for Enforcing Them / Jay P. Heubert 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-236) and index.

ISBN:

087078451X

0870784528

OCLC:

45493409