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A Faithful Mirror: Reflections on the College Board and Education in Americareviewed by Jonathon Gillette - 2004 Title: A Faithful Mirror: Reflections on the College Board and Education in America Author(s): Michael C. Johanek (Editor)
Publisher: The College Board, New York City ISBN: 0874476712 , Pages: , Year: 2001 Search for book at Amazon.com A Faithful Mirror: Reflections on the College Board and
Education in America, edited by Michael C. Johanek, is a useful
and interesting collection of essays commissioned by the College
Board as part of its Centennial celebration. The essays look back
on the variety of ways in which secondary and higher education
institutions wove a K-16 system. In each of the stitching
sessions the College Board played a role. For gaining admission to
college it was the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) and
the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). For curriculum articulation
between secondary schools and universities, it was the CEEB and
later the Advanced Placement exam (AP). Financial aid for worthy
and needy students, involved the SAT and for expanding access for
women and students of color, the CEEB and SAT. The
quasi-public College Board contributed to the modern organizational
field of education, the institutional webs of connections and
relationships that shape perceptions and behaviors across the
entire K-12 system.
The book is not a history of the... (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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- Jonathon Gillette
Yale University E-mail Author JONATHON GILLETTE is the Director of the Teacher Preparation Program at Yale University. He is also a Lecturer in the Sociology Department and has an appointment at the Child Study Center. His writing and research focuses on the nature of the task of teaching in context, group and organizational dynamics, and school reform.
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