The federal government's No Child Left Behind Act has thrust high-stakes testing (its goals, methods, and consequences) into the educational limelight. The four-fold purpose of this book is to: 1) describe the nature of high-stakes testing; 2) identify t
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Contents: Preface. The Nature of Collateral Damage. Part I: Tasks of the Testing Game. What Should the Schools Teach? What Should the Schools Evaluate and How? How Should Achievement Standards Be Set? How Should Test Results Be Used? Part II: The Testing Game's Players. Politicians and Their Staffs. Educational Administrators and Their Staffs. The Public and Parents. Test-Makers and Test-Givers. Teachers. Students. Lessons to Learn.