001479238 000__ 05542nam\a22011295i\4500 001479238 001__ 1479238 001479238 003__ DE-B1597 001479238 005__ 20231102084101.0 001479238 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001479238 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001479238 008__ 190708s2013\\\\mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001479238 020__ $$a9780674075672 001479238 0247_ $$a10.4159/harvard.9780674075672$$2doi 001479238 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)209846 001479238 035__ $$a(OCoLC)828869730 001479238 035__ $$a(OCoLC)979777445 001479238 035__ $$a(OCoLC)984655988 001479238 035__ $$a(OCoLC)987928662 001479238 035__ $$a(OCoLC)992454012 001479238 035__ $$a(OCoLC)999371177 001479238 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001479238 0410_ $$aeng 001479238 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001479238 050_4 $$aLB3051$$b.R3553 2013eb 001479238 072_7 $$aEDU016000$$2bisacsh 001479238 08204 $$a371.26097309034$$222 001479238 1001_ $$aReese, William J.,$$eauthor. 001479238 24510 $$aTesting Wars in the Public Schools :$$bA Forgotten History /$$cWilliam J. Reese. 001479238 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c[2013] 001479238 264_4 $$c©2013 001479238 300__ $$a1 online resource 001479238 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001479238 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001479238 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001479238 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001479238 50500 $$tFrontmatter --$$tContents --$$tIntroduction --$$tCHAPTER 1. Festivals of Learning --$$tCHAPTER 2. A-Putting Down Sin --$$tCHAPTER 3. Screwing Machines --$$tCHAPTER 4. A Pile of Thunder-Bolts --$$tCHAPTER 5. Thanatopsis and Square Roots --$$tCHAPTER 6. Chewing Pencil Tops --$$tCHAPTER 7. The Culture of Testing --$$tEpilogue --$$tNotes --$$tAcknowledgments --$$tIndex 001479238 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001479238 520__ $$aWritten tests to evaluate students were a radical and controversial innovation when American educators began adopting them in the 1800s. Testing quickly became a key factor in the political battles during this period that gave birth to America's modern public school system. William J. Reese offers a richly detailed history of an educational revolution that has so far been only partially told. Single-classroom schools were the norm throughout the United States at the turn of the nineteenth century. Pupils demonstrated their knowledge by rote recitation of lessons and were often assessed according to criteria of behavior and discipline having little to do with academics. Convinced of the inadequacy of this system, the reformer Horace Mann and allies on the Boston School Committee crafted America's first written exam and administered it as a surprise in local schools in 1845. The embarrassingly poor results became front-page news and led to the first serious consideration of tests as a useful pedagogic tool and objective measure of student achievement. A generation after Mann's experiment, testing had become widespread. Despite critics' ongoing claims that exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children's health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously challenged. Testing Wars in the Public Schools puts contemporary battles over scholastic standards and benchmarks into perspective by showcasing the historic successes and limitations of the pencil-and-paper exam. 001479238 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001479238 546__ $$aIn English. 001479238 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. 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