High Stakes: Children, Testing, and Failure in American Schools - Softcover

Johnson, Dale D.; Johnson, Bonnie McDaniel

9780742517899: High Stakes: Children, Testing, and Failure in American Schools

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ISBN 10: 0742517896 ISBN 13: 9780742517899

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2002

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This text brings the voices of students and teachers to American national debates over school accountability and educational reform. Recounting the experiences of two classrooms during one academic year, the work offers a critical exploration of excessive state-mandated monitoring, high-stakes testing pressures, and inequities in public school funding that impede the instructional work of teachers, especially those who serve children of poorer families. Redbud Elementary has no playground, no library, no hot water for the children's hand-washing, and no art classes. Ninety-five percent of the children qualify for a free breakfast or lunch. Most of the children live with a single parent or relative; some live in homes without electricity, running water, or floors. The authors, who moved from comfortable college professor positions to teach in a poor school district, offer an examination of the daily school lives of children who live in crushing poverty and teachers who work under extraordinary stress. more meaningful reforms that can empower teachers and students and better meet the challenges of American communities and the national interest.

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About the Author

Dale D. Johnson is professor of literacy education at Dowling College on Long Island. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin and was a profesor there for 16 years. Dr. Johnson has been an elementary and middle school teacher in Wisconsin and Louisiana and was on the faculties of Katsina College in Nigeria and the University of Louisiana. He is a past-president of the International Reading Association. Dr. Johnson has authored and co-authored 12 books, including Vocabulary in the Elementary and Middle School (2001, Allyn and Bacon). Bonnie Johnson is professor of human development and learning at Dowling College on Long Island. She earned her Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin where she was granted the "Distinguished Teacher of Teachers" award. Dr. Johnson has taught elementary school in Wisconsin and Louisiana and has been a professor at Texas A&M, the University of Louisiana, and Clarke College. She has published for children, adolescents, and adults. In addition to journal articles, she is the author of Wordworks: Exploring Language Play (1999, Fulcrum).

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