Argues that education in the States and Britain has been radically transformed, through efforts to create curricular standards, and through an emphasis on accountability measured by standardized tests, and efforts to introduce market competition and private services into educational systems. Series: Critical Education Policy and Politics. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286. . 2008. paperback. . . . .

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Title: High-Stakes Testing and the Decline of Teaching and Learning: The Real Crisis in Education (Critical Education Policy and Politics): 1
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0742561496
ISBN 13: 9780742561496
Binding: Soft cover
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This book examines the changes in educational policy in the U.S. and Britain over the last twenty-five years. Hursh argues that education in the States and Britain has been radically transformed, first through efforts to create curricular standards, more recently through an emphasis on accountability measured by standardized tests, and currently, efforts to introduce market competition and private services into educational systems. Hursh offers an alternative to the neoliberal conception of society and education complete with examples of parents who reject the current emphasis on individual success and schools that promote civic-mindedness.

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David Hursh is associate professor of Teaching and Curriculum in the Warner Graduate School of Education at the University of Rochester.

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