Tested One American School Struggles to Make the Grade

Name: Tested One American School Struggles to Make the Grade
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ISBN: 9780805088021

ISBN-10: 0805088024

ISBN-13: 9780805088021

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Authors: Linda Perlstein

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A “vivid, unpredictable, fair, balanced and . . . very entertaining” look at how education reforms have changed one typical American elementary school over the course of a year (Jay Mathews,The Washington Post) The pressure is on at schools across America. In recent years, reforms such as No Child Left Behind have created a new vision of education that emphasizes provable results, uniformity, and greater attention for floundering students. Schools are expected to behave more like businesses and are judged almost solely on the bottom line: test scores. To see if this world is producing better students, Linda Perlstein immersed herself in a suburban Maryland elementary school, once…

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List price: $23.99
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 7/22/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



A Note to the Reader


Prologue: Ain't No Stopping Us Now



You Ready?



America's Schools Will Be on a New Path of Reform



Am I Going to Be a Bad Teacher?



A Bank Teller Could Pick Up the Lesson



Was It a Big Scratch or a Little Scratch?



Chapter Books Are Not Bad, People



This Is Just Like the Real Test



Market Discipline Is the Key



You Gotta Be Tough



What Gets Taught Is What Gets Tested



I Didn't Even Know That Was an Option



Where's the Sand Table?



I'm Giving Him Everything He Can Get



I See Motivation All Over This



Some People Are Selling Snake Oil



We Must Leave Them No Choice



I Used to Be a Nice Person



The Whole Scenario Can Change



Never Give Up Trying



We Celebrate the Bottom



It Feels Like a Different School



Teaching Might Be Fun Next Year?



Don't They Look Good?


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index