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The Testing Trap: How State Writing Assessments Control Learning (Language and Literacy Series)
George Hillocks
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Description for The Testing Trap: How State Writing Assessments Control Learning (Language and Literacy Series)
Hardcover. Through interviews with over 300 teachers and administrators in the US, this text examines whether state writing tests do what they are supposed to do - improve educational systems. It argues most existing tests actually have a harmful effect on the way students are taught. Series: Language & Literacy. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
Hardly a day goes by in America without talk of testing students to higher standards as a means to improve our education system. In The Testing Trap, George Hillocks puts this logic to the test. Through interviews with over three hundred teachers and administrators, Hillocks examines whether state writing tests in Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, New York, and Texas do what they are supposed to do: Improve education. Ultimately, Hillocks argues that the majority of existing tests actually have a harmful effect on the way students are taught to write. In The Testing Trap, Hillocks demonstrates how the structure of assessment ... Read more
Hardly a day goes by in America without talk of testing students to higher standards as a means to improve our education system. In The Testing Trap, George Hillocks puts this logic to the test. Through interviews with over three hundred teachers and administrators, Hillocks examines whether state writing tests in Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, New York, and Texas do what they are supposed to do: Improve education. Ultimately, Hillocks argues that the majority of existing tests actually have a harmful effect on the way students are taught to write. In The Testing Trap, Hillocks demonstrates how the structure of assessment ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Teachers College Pr
Condition
New
Series
Language & Literacy
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807742303
SKU
V9780807742303
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About George Hillocks
George Hillocks, Jr. is Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the University of Chicago. He was awarded the David H. Russell Award from the National Council of Teacher Educators for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English for his 1997 book Teaching Writing as Reflective Practice.
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