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The Pitfalls of Reform: Its Incompatibility with Actual Improvement
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John Tanner
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Publication date
December 16, 2013
Pages
169
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781610489232
ISBN-10
1610489233
Dimensions
0.50 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
Original list price
$33.00
Summaries and Reviews
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The systems that make up the accountability package in education: standards, assessments, and the quality determination for a school, have each entered the educational field under the explicit assumption by their creators that they would drive educator behavior in a positive way. But what if that isn’t actually the case? What if each of the components was actually designed for another purpose entirely and now is tasked with a role that was never considered in its design?
If that is the case those who put the systems in place risk expecting a result that the system was never designed to produce. That is exactly where we find ourselves today.
In education the misalignment between what the systems were designed to do and the intent of those who selected them is masked in the sheer complexity of the educational exercise. What this book does so marvelously is unravel that complexity and present the contradictions in a clear, coherent manner. Understanding these contradictions is the first step towards actual improvement.
The systems that make up the accountability package in education: standards, assessments, and the quality determination for a school, have each entered the educational field under the explicit assumption by their creators that they would drive educator behavior in a positive way. But what if that isn’t actually the case? What if each of the components was actually designed for another purpose entirely and now is tasked with a role that was never considered in its design?
If that is the case those who put the systems in place risk expecting a result that the system was never designed to produce. That is exactly where we find ourselves today.
In education the misalignment between what the systems were designed to do and the intent of those who selected them is masked in the sheer complexity of the educational exercise. What this book does so marvelously is unravel that complexity and present the contradictions in a clear, coherent manner. Understanding these contradictions is the first step towards actual improvement.
Editions
Hardcover
from Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc (December 18, 2013); titled "The Pitfalls of Reform: Its Incompatibility with Actual Improvement"
9781610489225 | details & prices | 169 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.92 lbs | List price $55.00
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9780312808884 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.25 lbs | List price $35.00
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This edition also contains Tom Stoppard: An Assessment
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Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc (December 16, 2013); titled "The Pitfalls of Reform: Its Incompatibility with Actual Improvement"
9781610489232 | details & prices | 169 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $33.00
About: The systems that make up the accountability package in education: standards, assessments, and the quality determination for a school, have each entered the educational field under the explicit assumption by their creators that they would drive educator behavior in a positive way.
About: The systems that make up the accountability package in education: standards, assessments, and the quality determination for a school, have each entered the educational field under the explicit assumption by their creators that they would drive educator behavior in a positive way.
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