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Facing the hard facts in education reform / by Paul E. Barton.
LIBRA LA217.2 .B372 2001
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barton, Paul E.
- Series:
- Policy information perspective
- A Policy information perspective
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Academic achievement--United States.
- Academic achievement.
- Educational innovations.
- Evaluation.
- Achievement tests.
- United States.
- Achievement tests--United States--Evaluation.
- Educational tests and measurements--Validity--United States.
- Educational tests and measurements.
- Educational tests and measurements--Validity.
- Educational innovations--United States--Evaluation.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- 31 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- Facing the hard facts
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Educational Testing Service, Research Division, Policy Information Center, [2001]
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Test is not the treatment
- Student behavior: standards to increase achievement
- Weak signals that academic achievement is important
- Learning policy recognizes sources of achievement outside the school
- Dumb computers and smart people
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Given to the Penn Libraries by Margy Ellin Meyerson in memory of her husband, President Emeritus Martin Meyerson.
- OCLC:
- 49620184
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