The Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing

by Jones, M. Gail; Jones, Brett D.; Hargrove, Tracy; Hargrove, Tracy Y.

• ISBN13: 9780742526266
• ISBN10: 0742526267
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

To better understand how high-stakes accountability has influenced teaching and learning, this book takes an in-depth look at the myriad consequences that high-stakes tests hold for students, teachers, administrators, and the public. By focusing on these

Author Biography

Brett D. Jones is assistant professor of educational psychology in the College of Education at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi
Introduction	1	(8)
Looking through Multiple Lenses: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives of Testing	9	(12)
How Testing Shapes the Curriculum	21	(16)
The Impacts of Testing on Teaching Practices	37	(24)
Truth or Consequences: Preparing for the Tests	61	(18)
Testing and Student Motivation	79	(28)
No Child Left Untested: The Impact on Special Populations	107	(18)
Missing the Mark: Testing and Student Retention	125	(12)
Who Will Teach? Testing and the Teaching Profession	137	(10)
Stepping up to the Plate: Symbols of Testing	147	(8)
Reforming the Reform	155	(12)
Putting the Pieces Together	167	(6)
Index	173	(6)
About the Authors	179