Unequal by Design High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality

Name: Unequal by Design High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality
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ISBN: 9780415990714

ISBN-10: 0415990718

ISBN-13: 9780415990714

Edition: 2009

Authors: Wayne Au

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By putting historical, social, and educational elements together, 'Unequal By Design' shows high-stakes, standardized tests are not only premised on the creation of inequality, but that their structures are inextricably intertwined with social inequalities that exist outside of schools.

Book details

List price: $52.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/27/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Series Editor's Introduction



Acknowledgments



The Zip Code Effect: Educational Inequality in the United States



We Are All Widgets: Standardized Testing and the Hegemonic Logics of the Educational Assembly Line



The Educational Enterprise: NCLB, Neoliberalism, and the Politics of Equality



Steerage at a Distance: High-Stakes Testing and Classroom Control



Devising Inequality: High-Stakes Testing and the Regulation of Consciousness



Standardizing Inequality: The Hidden Curriculum of High-Stakes Testing


Afterword



Notes


Bibliography


Index