Test driven : high-stakes accountability in elementary schools / Linda Valli ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Valli, Linda, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational tests and measurements--United States.

Educational tests and measurements.

Elementary schools.

Examinations.

United States.

Elementary schools--United States--Examinations.

Physical Description:

ix, 198 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2008]

Summary:

"I don't always know [students] by face; I know them by data," an elementary curriculum specialist explains ruefully in this broad examination of how No Child Left Behind impacts schools and shapes teaching practice. Capturing the changes teachers are experiencing, especially in the areas of mathematics and reading, the authors compare and contrast three schools with diverse student populations, examining how they differ in school norms and structures, professional roles and responsibilities, curriculum, staff development, and teaching and learning.

Contents:

Overview

Creating test-taking cultures

Becoming test managers

Subordinating the official curriculum

Aligning teacher learning with student testing

Eroding quality teaching

Weathering high-stakes accountability.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-185) and index.

ISBN:

9780807748954

0807748951

9780807748947

0807748943

OCLC:

191882016