De-testing and de-grading schools : authentic alternatives to accountability and standardization / edited by Joe Bower and P.L. Thomas ; introductions and chapter by Alfie Kohn. [print]
Material type: TextSeries: Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; 451.Publication details: New York : Peter Lang, [(c)2013.Description: x, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
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- 9781433122408
- 1433122405
- 9781433122392
- 1433122391
- LB3050.D484 2013
- LB3050.T461.D484 2013
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Introduction: The roots of grades-and-tests Alfie Kohn -- Pt. I. Degrading learning, detesting education: the failure of high-stakes accountability in education. North CarolinaLB's lost decade for educational progress: what can we learn from this policy failure? Lisa Guisbond with Monty Neill and Bob Schaeffer ; High-stakes testing assessment: the deus ex machina of quality in education Fernando F. Padro ; Technocratic groupthink inflates the testing bubble Anthony Cody ; Mean scores in a mean world Lawrence Baines and Rhonda Goolsby ; De-grading literacy: how New York State tests knowledge, culture, and critical thinking Julie A. Gorlewski and David A. Gorlewski ; The corporate model of schooling: how high stakes testing dehumanizes education Morna McDermott ; Standardized testing and boredom at an urban middle school Richard Mora ; Reconciling student outcomes and community self-reliance in modern school reform contexts Brian R. Beabout and Andre M. Perry ; The role of assessment in empowering/disempowering students in the critical pedagogy classroom David L. Bolton and John M. Elmore -- Pt. II. De-grading and de-testing in a time of high-stakes education reform. The case against grades Alfie Kohn ; Reduced to numbers: from concealing to revealing learning Joe Bower ; Outside the wounding machine: grading and the motive for metaphor John Hoben ; No testing week: focusing on creativity in the classroom Peter DeWitt ; Journey into ungrading Hadley J. Ferguson ; Moving beyond "parents just want to know the grade!" Jim Webber and Maja Wilson ; De-grading writing instruction in a time of high-stakes testing: the power of feedback in workshop P. L. Thomas ; One week, many thoughts Brian Rhode ; Conclusion: Striving toward authentic teaching for social justice Lisa William-White.
Includes bibliographical references.
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