An illusion of equity : the legacy of eugenics in today's education / Wendy Zagray Warren ; foreword by Eric R. Jackson.
Warren, Wendy Zagray, author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2023
LB3051 .W37 2023
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Title An illusion of equity : the legacy of eugenics in today's education / Wendy Zagray Warren ; foreword by Eric R. Jackson.
Author Warren, Wendy Zagray, author.
ISBN 9780813197678
0813197678
9780813197685
0813197686
9780813197661
081319766X
Published Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, [2023]
Printed Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE
Copyright ©2023
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 258 pages)
Call Number LB3051 .W37 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 371.2601/3
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Foreword / Eric R. Jackson
Introduction: Hartheim
1. A Façade of Assumptions: Myths, Beliefs, and Policy Mandates
2. A Nation at Risk: The Damage Done
3. Constructing an Illusion: Assigning Human Worth
4. Measuring Human Worth: The Great Myths behind Large-Scale Testing
5. Evaluating Human Worth: The Rise of Educational Testing
6. "Experts," Opposition, and Obfuscation
7. Shifting Rhetoric: Meritocracy and Education as the Great Equalizer
8. Establishing a Culture: The Testing Model
9. Test Design
10. Collateral Damage
11. Inferences and Assumptions: Testing's Conceptual Framework
12. Translation for Liberation
Epilogue: Hope.

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