| Numbers Games: Measuring and Mandating American Education Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Editor), Thomas, Paul L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820468258 ISBN-13: 9780820468259 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Binding Type: Paperback Published: July 2004 Click for more in this series: Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Testing & Measurement - Political Science - Social Science |
| Dewey: 371.260 |
| LCCN: 2003027180 |
| Series: Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education |
| Physical Information: 166 pages |
| Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: American schools are often the victims of numbers games because its education is in the hands of politicians, the populace, and pundits. How Americans view numbers, science, and research profoundly impacts the ability of politicians to manipulate our schools from pre-K through graduate education. Even in classrooms, teachers are routinely implementing flawed assessment strategies based on misguided assumptions about numbers and commonly held statistical truths. American educators need to step out from under the restrictive mandates of politicians and their growing mania for measuring students - they need to leave the numbers games behind and take control of their profession. |
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