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Contradictions of School Reform: Educational Costs of Standardized Testingreviewed by Barry Gold - 2002 Title: Contradictions of School Reform: Educational Costs of Standardized Testing Author(s): Linda M. McNeil Publisher: Routledge/Falmer, New York ISBN: 0415920736 , Pages: 304 , Year: 2000 Search for book at Amazon.com The unveiling of President George W. Bush's education reform
plan on January 23, 2001 elevated Linda M. McNeil's
Contradictions of School Reform from supplemental to
required reading for every person interested in education in
America. This is because McNeil's excellent study describes,
dissects, and explains the effect of the implementation of similar
education reforms in Houston, Texas from their inception in 1982
under the guidance of H. Ross Perot through George W. Bush's years
as the governor of Texas. As a result, McNeil's research provides a
preview of the possible effects of Bush's national educational
reform proposals on America's schools.
As in Texas, the centerpiece of the Bush administration plan
focuses on creating teacher and school accountability through
standardized student testing. "Putting accountability first,"
proclaims a Wall Street Journal editorial that approves of
Bush's educational reform plan because it addresses the needs of
the 21st century work force,
will now force the debate to come to grips with a stark reality,
namely that public schools, no matter how... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Barry Gold
Pace University E-mail Author Barry A. Gold, Associate Professor of Management, Pace University, is the author of "Punctuated Legitimacy: A Theory of Educational Change," Teachers College Record, 1999. Gold is currently doing research on a court ordered reform in urban education.
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