High-Stakes Schooling: What We Can Learn from Japan's Experiences with Testing, Accountability, and Education Reform

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If there is one thing that describes the trajectory of American education, it is this: more high-stakes testing. In the United States, the debates surrounding this trajectory can be so fierce that it feels like we are in uncharted waters. As Christopher Bjork reminds us in this study, however, we are not the first to make testing so central to education: Japan has been doing it for decades. Drawing on Japan's experiences with testing, overtesting,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:022630941X

ISBN13:9780226309415

Release Date:December 2015

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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High-Stakes Schooling: What We Can Learn from Japan's Experiences with Testing, Accountability, and Education Reform

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