Annual Report of the School Committee of the City of Boston
Author: School Committee of the City of Boston
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Published: 1861
Total Pages: 406
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Author: School Committee of the City of Boston
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Published: 1861
Total Pages: 406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Boston (Mass.). School Committee
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Published: 1881
Total Pages: 410
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK18 -1905 include the Annual report of the superintendent of public schools.
Author: Manchester (N.H.). School Committee
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Published: 1899
Total Pages: 564
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Malden (Mass.). School Committee
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 830
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Massachusetts. Dept. of Corporations and Taxation. Bureau of Accounts
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Published: 1908
Total Pages: 362
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hina Hirayama
Publisher: UPNE
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 237
ISBN-13: 0934552835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA detailed history of the Boston Athenaeum's historic role in the founding of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Author: Milwaukee (Wis.). School Board
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Published: 1889
Total Pages: 624
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Published: 1870
Total Pages: 698
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Published: 1901
Total Pages: 450
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William J. Reese
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2013-03-11
Total Pages: 392
ISBN-13: 0674075692
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten tests to evaluate students were a radical and controversial innovation when American educators began adopting them in the 1800s. Testing quickly became a key factor in the political battles during this period that gave birth to America's modern public school system. William J. Reese offers a richly detailed history of an educational revolution that has so far been only partially told. Single-classroom schools were the norm throughout the United States at the turn of the nineteenth century. Pupils demonstrated their knowledge by rote recitation of lessons and were often assessed according to criteria of behavior and discipline having little to do with academics. Convinced of the inadequacy of this system, the reformer Horace Mann and allies on the Boston School Committee crafted America's first major written exam and administered it as a surprise in local schools in 1845. The embarrassingly poor results became front-page news and led to the first serious consideration of tests as a useful pedagogic tool and objective measure of student achievement. A generation after Mann's experiment, testing had become widespread. Despite critics' ongoing claims that exams narrowed the curriculum, ruined children's health, and turned teachers into automatons, once tests took root in American schools their legitimacy was never seriously challenged. Testing Wars in the Public Schools puts contemporary battles over scholastic standards and benchmarks into perspective by showcasing the historic successes and limitations of the pencil-and-paper exam.