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The testing trap : how state writing assessments control learning / George Hillocks, Jr. ; foreword by Miles Myers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hillocks, George, Jr., 1934-
- Series:
- Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)
- Language and literacy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational tests and measurements--United States--States.
- Educational tests and measurements.
- English language--Composition and exercises--Evaluation.
- English language.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Hardly a day goes by without talk of testing students to higher standards as a means to improve our education system. Hillocks puts this logic to the test. Through interviews with over three hundred teachers and administrators, Hillocks examines whether state writing tests in Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, New York, and Texas do what they are supposed to do: improve education.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0807742309
- 0807742295
- OCLC:
- 48450894
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