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Measuring History: Cases of State-Level Testing Across the United Statesreviewed by Keith C. Barton - July 11, 2006 Title: Measuring History: Cases of State-Level Testing Across the United States Author(s): S. G. Grant (Ed.) Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Charlotte ISBN: 1593114796, Pages: 338, Year: 2006 Search for book at Amazon.com This important collection includes nine empirical studies on the impact of state-level history tests, along with several chapters summarizing research and policy issues in the area. The volume opens with three useful overviewsa description of the origins and current status of state history standards and their accompanying tests, an analysis of research on the impact of high-stakes tests, and a consideration of technical aspects of testing as applied to history. These introductory chapters are followed by eight qualitative case studies, and one quantitative survey, regarding the impact of testing on teachers in Kentucky, Michigan, New York, Virginia, Texas, Florida, and Mississippi. Most focus on teachers perceptions of the role of testing in their professional decision-making. The book ends with two further overviewsa synthesis of the findings presented throughout the book, and speculation on possible scenarios for the future of high-stakes history testing.
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- Keith Barton
University of Cincinnati E-mail Author KEITH C. BARTON is Professor in the Division of Teacher Education at the University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on the teaching and learning of history and social studies, and he is currently conducting research on history education in international contexts and on the history of the social studies curriculum in the United States. He is editor of Research Methods in Social Studies Education: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives (Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, 2006) and co-author, with Linda S. Levstik, of Teaching History for the Common Good (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2004).
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