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Assessment, Bureaucracy, and Consolidation - The Issues Facing Schools Today (Hardcover)
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Assessment, Bureaucracy, and Consolidation - The Issues Facing Schools Today (Hardcover)
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American education has changed dramatically over the last century.
The small, locally controlled school, supported by a concerned
educational village fostered learning, personal accountability,
patriotism and economic growth for a young nation. Today, however,
American schools are typically large, consolidated, bureaucratic
organizations controlled by state and/or municipal governments. The
administration of these schools is hierarchical and corporate in
form while its curriculum is oriented toward the needs of the
business community. Assessment through standardized testing,
moreover, has become the cornerstone of American education.
Assessment, Bureaucracy, and Consolidation: The Issues Facing
Schools Today examines this remarkable transformation in the form
and function of education and assesses the problems and
possibilities for the future of schools and our nation. Additional
key features of this book include: • A clear comprehensive
history of the modern American school from the nineteenth century
to the present and its impact on teachers, students, parents and
the community at large • An Explanation of the impact of
bureaucratic organization and the movement toward large schools •
Critiques of past reform experiments in public education • A
Placement of the contemporary standardized assessment movement in
historical context • A reevaluation of the relationship between
education and business • An evaluation of returning education to
locally controlled schools, reconnecting educational practitioners
with the educational village
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Imprint: |
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
August 2015 |
Authors: |
Donald Parkerson
• Jo Ann Parkerson
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 18mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4758-1700-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
1-4758-1700-2 |
Barcode: |
9781475817003 |
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