Reading comprehension research and testing in the U.S : undercurrents of race, class, and power in the struggle for meaning / Arlette Ingram Willis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willis, Arlette Ingram.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discrimination in education--United States--History.

Discrimination in education.

Reading comprehension--Ability testing--Social aspects--United States--History.

Reading comprehension.

Reading comprehension--Research--Social aspects--United States--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book challenges traditional, sanctioned, and official histories of reading comprehension by examining how ideological and cultural hegemony work to reproduce dominant ideologies through education in general and reading comprehension research and testing specifically. Willis analyzes the ideological and cultural foundations that underpin concepts, theories, research, tests, and interpretations, and connects these to the broader social and political contexts within U.S. history in which reading comprehension research and testing have evolved. The reconstruction of a history of reading compr

Contents:

Front Cover; Reading Comprehension Research and Testing in the U.S.; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1.Western European Philosophical Foundations of Reading Comprehension Research and Testing; 2.Ideological and Philosophical Foundations of Reading Comprehension Research and Testing; 3. Reservoir of Themes and Premises: Social Influences of EarlyConcepts of Reading Comprehension; 4.Producing Early Reading Comprehension Research and Testing; 5.World War I and the Development of Reading Comprehension and Research Testing

6.Reproducing and Producing Reading Comprehension Research and Testing7.Reading Comprehension Research and Testing Reinvents Itself; 8.Federal Involvement in Reading Comprehension Research and Testing; Postscript; References; Author Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-361) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-135-61034-7

1-283-60718-2

9786613919632

1-135-61035-5

0-203-92860-1

9780203928608

OCLC:

811506524