Standardized Minds - Couverture souple

Sacks, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0738204331 ISBN 13 : 9780738204338

Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2001

Synopsis

We've been told time and time again that standardized tests aren't perfect but that they're the best tool we have for gauging aptitude and achievement. Is this really true? What are the flaws of such testing? Why is your father's occupation a better predictor of SAT scores than virtually any other factor? And, most important, what can we do to hold one another accountable to standards at all levels of schools and in the workplace? Standardized Minds dramatically shows how our unhealthy and enduring obsession with intelligence testing affects us all, from the day we enter kindergarten to the day we apply for that corporate job. Drawing creative solutions from the headlines and the frontlines, Sacks demonstrates proven alternatives to such testing and details a plan to make the American meritocracy legitimate and fair.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Peter Sacks is a journalist and essayist. His essays on education and American culture have appeared in Change, Thought & Action, The American Enterprise, and the New York Times. He lives in Boise, Idaho.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Da Capo Press
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0738204331
• ISBN 13: 9780738204338
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 363
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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