Making the Grades
Making the Grades
My Misadventures in the Standardized Testing Industry
Edition: 1
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 February, 2011
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9781609944735
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Just as American educators, parents, and policymakers reconsider the No Child Left Behind Act and its heavy emphasis on standardized testing, Todd Farley's Making the Grades raises questions about the validity of large-scale educational assessments. His behind-the-scenes account of the for-profit testing industry is provocative, hilarious, and instructive.
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Just as American educators, parents, and policymakers reconsider the No Child Left Behind Act and its heavy emphasis on standardized testing, Todd Farley's Making the Grades raises questions about the validity of large-scale educational assessments. His behind-the-scenes account of the for-profit testing industry is provocative, hilarious, and instructive.
Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
PART 1 WAGE SLAVE
Chapter 1. SCORING MONKEY
Chapter 2. NUMBERS
Chapter 3. THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF
Chapter 4. OFF TASK
PART 2 MANAGEMENT
Chapter 5. TABLE LEADER
Chapter 6. THE ORACLE OF PRINCETON
Chapter 7. THE KING OF SCORING
Chapter 8. A REAL JOB
PART 3 RETIREMENT
Chapter 9. MY OWN PRIVATE HALLIBURTON
Chapter 10. WORKING IN THEORY
Chapter 11. WARM BODIES
Epilogue
Index
About the Author
Acknowledgments
PART 1 WAGE SLAVE
Chapter 1. SCORING MONKEY
Chapter 2. NUMBERS
Chapter 3. THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF
Chapter 4. OFF TASK
PART 2 MANAGEMENT
Chapter 5. TABLE LEADER
Chapter 6. THE ORACLE OF PRINCETON
Chapter 7. THE KING OF SCORING
Chapter 8. A REAL JOB
PART 3 RETIREMENT
Chapter 9. MY OWN PRIVATE HALLIBURTON
Chapter 10. WORKING IN THEORY
Chapter 11. WARM BODIES
Epilogue
Index
About the Author