In 22 essays, Don Graves shows how testing encroaches on teacher freedom; considers how narrow standards can actually reduce student achievement; asks questions

How do you judge the quality of a school, a district, a teacher, a student? By the test scores, of course. Yet for all the talk, what educational tests can and

Designated a Doody's Core Title and Essential Purchase! "Without question, this book should be on every nurse educator's bookshelf, or at least available throug

Teachers assist students in order to gain data and to determine whether the instructional objectives have been met. Usually, the assessment process takes place

Argues that education in the States and Britain has been radically transformed, through efforts to create curricular standards, and through an emphasis on accou