Unequal By Design: High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality

Unequal By Design: High-Stakes Testing and the Standardization of Inequality
ISBN-10
1135853738
ISBN-13
9781135853730
Series
Unequal By Design
Category
Education
Pages
241
Language
English
Published
2010-04-26
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Wayne Au

Description

Unequal By Design critically examines high-stakes standardized testing in order to illuminate what is really at stake for students, teachers, and communities negatively affected by such testing. This thoughtful analysis traces standardized testing’s origins in the Eugenics and Social Efficiency movements of the late 19th and early 20th century through its current use as the central tool for national educational reform via No Child Left Behind. By exploring historical, social, economic, and educational aspects of testing, author Wayne Au demonstrates that these tests are not only premised on the creation of inequality, but that their structures are inextricably intertwined with social inequalities that exist outside of schools.

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