Standardized testing / Dedria Bryfonski, book editor. - Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2012. - 112 p. 24 cm. - At issue. Education. . - At issue. Education. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Standardized tests effectively measure student achievement / Standardized tests do not effectively measure student achievement / Standardized testing encourages teachers to be creative / Standards and assessments are not always meaningful / Value-added modeling is the best tool to measure teacher effectiveness / Value-added modeling does not fully measure teacher effectiveness / The pressure to meet targets has caused teachers to cheat / Cheating on test scores does not invalidate the need for testing / No Child Left Behind testing has produced benefits / SAT scores help colleges make better decisions / Colleges do not need SAT scores to be selective in admissions / The SAT test may discriminate against African Americans / A lack of reading causes African Americans to fare poorly on the SAT test / Herbert J. Walberg -- Phillip Harris, Bruce M. Smith, and Joan Harris -- Stuart Buck ... [et al.] -- Rob Montgomery -- Staven Glazerman et al. -- Eva L. Baker et al. -- Teacher World -- Saba Bireda -- Greg Foster -- Gaston Caperton -- Ann B. McDermott -- Jay Mathews -- Veda Jairrels.

ISBN: 9780737755985 (hardback) 0737755989 (hardback) 9780737755992 (paperback) 0737755997 (paperback)

LCCN: 2011044642

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Educational tests and measurements--United States.
SAT (Educational test)

LC Class. No.: LB3051 / .S7874 2012

Dewey Class. No.: 371.260973