High stakes : children, testing, and failure in American schools / Dale D. Johnson and Bonnie Johnson.
Johnson, Dale D.; Johnson, Bonnie, 1948-
2002
LB3052.L8 J66 2002 (Mapit)
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Title High stakes : children, testing, and failure in American schools / Dale D. Johnson and Bonnie Johnson.
Author Johnson, Dale D.
ISBN 9780742517899 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0742517896 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780742517882 (alk. paper)
0742517888 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2002.
Language English
Description xxi, 223 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number LB3052.L8 J66 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification 371.26/4/0973
Summary Spending a year as teachers at one of the poorest elementary schools in Louisiana, the authors witnessed first hand the damages of the standards and accountability measures forced on poor children. They present their story in journal form, demonstrating how the poverty of the children, the lack of resources of the schools, the demoralization of teachers, and the imposition of the accountability "reforms" are some of the prime factors for the failure of American education. They offer advice for some real reform that would focus on the economic inequality of school districts.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Johnson, Bonnie, 1948-
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