The Impact of High-stakes Testing on the Academic Futures of Non-mainstream Students

ISBN-10: 0773465162
ISBN-13: 9780773465169
Category: Education / General
Pages: 262
Language: English
Published: 2004
Publisher: E. Mellen Press
Author: Gail Singleton Taylor

Description

Twenty-four American academics contribute 14 chapters examining cultural bias, dominant culture thinking, and domain specificity which constitute the primary, negative effects of high-stakes testing on students of color in the American educational system. The text sets the issue of testing in an historical perspective and offers appropriate definitions and measures of bias in testing. It concludes with discussion of culturally sensitive schooling and strategies for individual success which appear to be producing positive results among Maori students in New Zealand. No subject index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

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