Testing Times: A School Case Study

Testing Times: A School Case Study

A highly successful, innovative and creative alternative to traditional education is confronted by the demands of contemporary standardized accountability. The account here is a chronicle of the resistance of a particular school, the Durant School, to the global changes that would destroy its local...

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Main Authors: Ivor Goodson, Martha Foote
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona State University 2001-01-01
Series:Education Policy Analysis Archives
Online Access:http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/331
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