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Title 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.

Publication Info. New York : Peter Lang, [2013]

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 Moore Stacks  LB3051 .D447 2013    Available  ---
Description x, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education, 1058-1634 ; vol. 451
Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 451.
Contents Introduction: The roots of grades-and-tests / Alfie Kohn -- Pt. I. Degrading learning, detesting education: the failure of high-stakes accountability in education : NCLB'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. PadrĂ³ ; 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.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Educational tests and measurements.
Educational tests and measurements.
Educational accountability.
Educational accountability.
Educational change.
Educational change.
Added Author Bower, Joe, editor.
Thomas, P. L. (Paul Lee), 1961- editor.
ISBN 1433122405 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
1433122391 (paperback)
9781433122408 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9781433122392 (paperback)
9781453910818 (e-book)