Rise Of Standardized Tests
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Rise of Standardized Tests
Rise of Standardized Tests offers a comprehensive examination of the influence of standardized tests on global education. It explores how these tests, intended as objective measures of student achievement, have evolved to shape curriculum design, educational accountability, and even student motivation. The book uniquely addresses the multifaceted effects of standardized testing, from its historical roots in early intelligence testing to its present-day role in educational policy. Intriguingly, the book reveals that the overuse of standardized tests can lead to unintended consequences, such as increased test anxiety among students, and the narrowing of curriculum. This academic text is structured to provide a clear understanding of the subject. Beginning with an overview of standardized testing's history and various types, the book progresses to analyze its impact on teaching practices and learning environments. The final section delves into how test data informs educational policies. Through empirical research, statistical data, and case studies, the book provides an accessible yet rigorous analysis, making it a valuable resource for educators, policymakers, and anyone interested in the complexities of educational assessment.
Opting Out
A 2020 AESA Critics' Choice Book Award winner The rise of high-stakes testing in New York and across the nation has narrowed and simplified what is taught, while becoming central to the effort to privatize public schools. However, it and similar reform efforts have met resistance, with New York as the exemplar for how to repel standardized testing and invasive data collection, such as inBloom. In New York, the two parent/teacher organizations that have been most effective are Long Island Opt Out and New York State Allies for Public Education. The opt-out movement has been so successful that 20% of students statewide and 50% of students on Long Island refused to take tests. In Opting Out, two parent leaders of the opt-out movement--Jeanette Deutermann and Lisa Rudley--tell why and how they became activists in the two organizations. The story of parents, students, and teachers resisting not only high-stakes testing but also privatization and other corporate reforms parallels the rise of teachers across the country going on strike to demand increases in school funding and teacher salaries. Both the success of the opt-out movement and teacher strikes reflect the rise of grassroots organizing using social media to influence policy makers at the local, state, and national levels.
The Rise and Fall of National Test Scores
The Rise and Fall of National Test Scores examines, in some depth, the nature of test score changes over an extended period of time and in a broad range of subject matters and levels of schooling. The book contains chapters contributed by experts on various aspects of educational tests and score interpretation and uses. The text discusses the interpretations of trends in college admissions test scores and questions about the post-admission performance of ethnic minority students. The book examines general school achievement trends of high school students and the trends observed in broad-based testing programs of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The complexities involved in obtaining dependable data with which to make informed judgments about reading achievement trends are examined. The text further tackles the positive and negative trends in academic achievement in Science with particular emphasis on the effects of curriculum revision; as well as the problems of mathematics testing. The book then describes test score trends and problems in Great Britain and Ireland, with attention given to the similarities and differences of those countries and the United States. Educators, researchers, political leaders, and informed, interested laymen will find the book invaluable.