School reform

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[2011]

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English

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249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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ch. 1. What are the politics of school reform? -- No Child Left Behind is a good law / Pete Wright ; No Child Left Behind is a bad law / Linda Darling-Hammond ; The Race to the Top Program will transform education / Arne Duncan ; The Race to the Top Program will probably fail / Wall Street Journal ; Illinois School funding must be more equitable to help poorer schools / Center for Tax and Budget Accountability ; Deep tax cuts and less spending would improve all Illinois schools / Bruno Behrend ; Teachers' unions block school reform / Center for Union Facts ; Teachers' unions do not block school reform / Diane Ravitch -- ch. 2. What role should standardized tests play in evaluating students? -- Standardized tests are needed to measure student achievement / Patrick Mattimore ; Standarized tests must be redesigned / W. James Popham ; Standardized tests alone should not be used to evaluate students / Bill Ferriter ; Standardized tests are unfair and harmful / Monty Neill ; Standardized tests in English are unfair to ESL students / Kate Menken ; Standardized tests should be given in English to ESL students / Paul Greenberg --
ch. 3. What role should testing play in evaluating teachers and schools?
Student test scores should be part of teacher evaluation / Camille Esch ; Teachers should not be evaluated using student test scores / David B. Cohen, Alex Kajitani ; Teacher-training program evaluations should be based on student test scores / Ruben Navarrette ; Teacher-training program evaluation cannot be based on student test scores / Arthur Levine ; Failing schools should be closed / Andy Smarick ; Failing schools should not be closed / Maisie McAdoo ; Labeling schools as failing is unhelpful and unfair / Lois M. Meyer
ch. 4. What role should school choice play in school reform?
Vouchers help students get a better education / Dan Lips ; Vouchers do little to improve individual student achievement / Jason Barnosky ; School vouchers help to reform public schools / Greg Forster ; School vouchers alone cannot reform public schools / Sol Stern ; Charter schools help students / Tony Roberts ; The success of charter schools is exaggerated / Brian Jones

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Educational change
Educational evaluation
Educational tests and measurements

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Berlatsky, Noah

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