Presents tips for taking standardized tests and includes practice tests in reading, math and language arts.

Kohn's central message is that standardized tests are "not a force of nature but a force of politics--and political decisions can be questioned, challenged, and ultimately reversed."

Based on the five most widely used national standardized tests: California Achievement Tests; Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills; Stanford Achievement Test; Metropolitan Achievement Tests; and Iowa Tests of Basic Skills.

Presents tips for taking standardized tests and includes practice tests in reading, math and language arts.

America's leading expert in educational testing and measurement openly names the failures caused by today's testing policies and provides a blueprint for doing better. 6 x 9.

Test scores are the go-to metric of policy makers and anxious parents looking to place their children in the best schools. Yet standardized tests are a poor way to measure school performance. Using the diverse urban school district of Somerville MA as a case study, Jack Schneider’s team developed a new framework to assess educational effectiveness.