… teaching and learning are addressed in chapter 4. This chapter explains why high-stakes
testing … of the rise of neoliberal social and educational policy. Hursh reminds readers again, …

… Beginning in the mid-1980s, high-stakes testing policies were implemented by state education
departments and were tied to federal funding. These initiatives have played a crucial role …

… high-stakes testing for teaching, learning, and schooling more generally could be used to
frame the specific discussion of high-stakes testing … the widespread implications of test-based …

… We overlook that the real median earnings of full-time male workers have fallen since their
… of high-stakes testing, accountability and education markets and the decline of educational …

… state test, the superintendent of schools called it the biggest crisis of his career. Some frantic
Coppell homeowners called real … to diminish pluralism across the curriculum, teaching, and …

… investments that over time generate real improvements in instruction and learning. The stakes
are … The invisibility of the losses of thousands of youth from the schools, because they fall …

… education system is in crisis caused by ineffective public … The actual outcome appears to be
increased stress, … pedagogical practice and a decline in teacher agency. The expectation of …

… been true since the founding of the public schools a … fall short of the state’s own goals for
arts education. At the elementary level, arts instruction is often left to regular classroom teachers…

… In the fall of 2003, after NCLB required high-stakes testing in … for an educational crisis that
threatens to leave our nation behind. … We see more of an illusion of clarity than we see genuine …