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100	1		_aPhelps, Richard P., _eauthor. _91045652
245	1	0	_aKill the messenger : _bthe war on standardized testing / _cRichard P. Phelps ; with a foreword by Herbert J. Walberg and a preface by J.E. Stone.
246	3		_aKill the messenger : _bThe war on standardised testing
264		1	_aNew Brunswick, N.J. : _bTransaction Publishers, _c[2003]
264		4	_c©2003
300			_axix, 331 pages : _billustrations ; _c23 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
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504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 301-319) and index.
505	0	0	_tReveille - Prelude to Battle (Introduction) -- _g1. _tThe Battlefield (Testing Systems and Testing Interests) -- _g2. _tAttack Strategies and Tactics -- _g3. _tCampaigns: The Big, Bad SAT -- _g4. _tCampaigns: Texas, the Early Years -- _g5. _tCampaigns: Texas, the Presidential Election Year 2000 -- _g6. _tWar Correspondence (Media Coverage of Testing) -- _g7. _tThe Fruits of Victory (Benefits of Testing) -- _g8. _tThe Spoils of War (Valid Concerns about Testing) -- _g9. _tThe Agony of Defeat (The Consequences of Losing the War: The Alternatives to Standardized Testing) -- _gApp. _tAn Anti-Testing Vocabulary.
520	1		_a"Kill the Messenger is perhaps the most thorough and authoritative work in defense of educational testing ever written. Phelps points out that much research conducted by education insiders on the topic is based on ideological preference or profound self-interest. It is not surprising that they arrive at emphatically anti-testing conclusions. He notes that "external" and "high stakes" testing in particular attracts a cornucopia of invective. Much, if not most, of this hostile research is passed on to the public by journalists as if it were neutral, objective, and independent." "Kill the Messenger describes the current debate, the players, their interests, and their positions. It explains and refutes many of the common criticisms of testing. It describes testing opponents' strategies, through case studies of Texas and the SAT. It illustrates the profound media bias against testing. It acknowledges testing's limitations, and suggests how it can be improved. It defends testing by comparing it with its alternatives. And finally, it outlines the consequences for America of losing the "war on standardized testing.""--BOOK JACKET.
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650		0	_aEducational tests and measurements _zUnited States _9371412
650		0	_aEducation _xStandards _zUnited States _9590536
650		0	_aEducational accountability _zUnited States _9375155
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