Henningfeld, Diane Andrews

Standardized testing / Diane Andrews Henningfeld, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008. - 119 p. ; 24 cm. - At issue. Education. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-116) and index.

Standardized testing is useful / Stephen G. Sireci -- Standardized testing has serious limitations / FairTest: The National Center for Fair and Open Testing -- Minorities support standardized testing / Jonathan Zimmerman -- Standardized testing is racist / Harold Berlak -- Test preparation helps students learn / Jay Mathews -- Test preparation does not benefit students / Steve Peha -- High-stakes testing improves education / S. Paul Reville -- High-stakes testing is flawed / Dan French -- Standardized testing measures college success / Jeffrey Penn -- Standardized testing does not measure college success / Theodore A. O'Neill -- The new SAT is an improved test / John W. Harper -- The new SAT is flawed / National Council of Teachers of English -- Assessment through standardized testing is recommended for colleges / U.S. Department of Education Commission on the Future of Higher Education -- Assessment through standardized testing isn't recommended for colleges / Shai D. Bronshtein.

ISBN: 9780737738841 (hardcover) 0737738847 (hardcover) 9780737738858 (pbk.) 0737738855 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007032722

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Educational tests and measurements
debates

Dewey Class. No.: 378.1/662