false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174190062m/369363.jpg 369363 2 For more than a decade, the debate over high-stakes testing has dominated the field of education. This passionate and provocative book provides a fresh perspective on the issue. Drawing on their extensive research, Nichols and Berliner document and categorize the ways that high-stakes testing threatens the purposes and ideals of the American education system. Their analysis is grounded in the application of Campbell's Law, which posits that the greater the social consequences associated with a quantitative indicator (such as test scores), the more likely it is that the indicator itself will become corrupted and the more likely it is that the use of the indicator will corrupt the social processes it was intended to monitor. Nichols and Berliner illustrate both aspects of this corruption, showing how the pressures of high-stakes testing erode the validity of test scores and distort the integrity of the education system. Their analysis provides a coherent and comprehensive intellectual framework for the wide-ranging arguments against high-stakes testing, while putting a compelling human face on the data marshalled in support of those arguments. 359342 2 3 2007 Collateral Damage: How High-Stakes Testing Corrupts America's Schools total:2|5:1|4:1| 2 9 12 1 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Oct 26 07:19:19 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 07:29:45 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Fri Feb 13 12:47:06 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 12:47:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 25 05:28:54 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 05:29:11 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Sep 08 21:49:46 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 21:49:46 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Jul 20 16:34:46 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 16:34:46 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jul 19 13:10:47 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 13:10:47 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Tue Jun 17 13:24:52 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 13:25:04 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri May 02 14:37:43 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 14:37:43 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jan 05 08:37:08 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 08:37:13 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Dec 22 06:41:29 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 06:41:38 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Sun Oct 14 07:40:59 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 07:40:59 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Thu Aug 02 08:22:48 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 08:22:48 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=369363