Objectifying Measures: The Dominance of High-Stakes Testing and the Politics of Schooling

by Amanda Walker Johnson (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $105.40

  The number of educational tests with high-stakes consequences - such as promotion to the next grade level or graduating from high school - has increased. This title explores the relationship between the cultural production of scientific knowledge and the intuitive resistance to objectification of those adversely affected by the power of policies.