de-testing and de-grading schools: Authentic Alternatives to Accountability and Standardization (Counterpoints #492) (Paperback)

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de-testing and de-grading schools: Authentic Alternatives to Accountability and Standardization (Counterpoints #492) (Paperback)

By Shirley R. Steinberg (Other), Joe Bower (Editor), Paul L. Thomas (Editor)

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This is book number 492 in the Counterpoints series.

The book explores the historical failure of testing and grading; the theoretical and philosophical arguments against testing and grading; the negative influence of tests and grades on social justice, race, class, and gender; and the role that they play in perpetuating a deficit perspective of children.
Joe Bower was a teacher in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada. He spent ten years teaching grade eight language arts and science in a middle school, and then served as a special education teacher in a children's psychiatric assessment unit. View his work at www.joebower.org and @joe_bower. P. L. Thomas, Professor of Education (Furman University, Greenville, South Carolina), taught high school English in rural South Carolina before moving to teacher education. He is currently a column editor for English Journal (National Council of Teachers of English) and series editor for Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genres. Follow his work at https: //radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/ and @plthomasEdD.
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Product Details ISBN: 9781433130588
ISBN-10: 1433130580
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Publication Date: February 24th, 2016
Pages: 308
Language: English
Series: Counterpoints