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No one left standing : will the rewrite of NCLB be enough? /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wages, Michele, 1965- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Subjects:
United States. > No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
Educational tests and measurements > United States.
Education > Standards > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Why experts say we need standardized tests
  • Why teachers say we don't
  • What's wrong with standardized tests?
  • So why do we test?
  • The other costs of standardized tests
  • How does child poverty affect standardized testing?
  • How does today's cultural diversity affect testing?
  • What do standardized tests really reflect?
  • Are there benefits to standardized testing?
  • What are the alternatives to standardized testing?
  • Will the reauthorization of the elementary and secondary act fix the problems?