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Raising Standards or Raising Barriers? : Inequality and High-stakes Testing in Public Education by Kornhaber, Mindy [editor]; Orfield, Gary [editor]; is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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<p>More and more states require students to pass large-scale tests as a condition of promotion or graduation. What are the forces that have pushed high-stakes testing to the forefront of K-12 educational policy? Are such tests the best way to gauge educational attainment? This volume, commissioned by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University, examines the economic and educational assumptions underlying the call for high-stakes tests.</p>

Author

Kornhaber, Mindy [editor]; Orfield, Gary [editor];

Publisher

Century Foundation Press; The Century Foundation; Brand: The Century Foundation

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780870784521

Subjects

Education, Management