Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-334) and index.
Contents
Meritocracy's crooked yardstick -- Inventing intelligence : the origins of mental measurement -- Babes in test land : the sorting begins -- Crusade : rise of the test-driven accountability machine in our schools -- Crime and punishment : how the accountability machine hurts schoolchildren -- Great American dumb-down : how the accountability machine harms schools -- Do no harm : stopping the damage to American schools -- Unnatural selection : testing in the American workplace -- Standardized minds : thinking styles and the testing game -- The big business of testing -- Authentic achievement : assessing performance in American schools -- Harmful admissions : why the meritocracy needs fixing -- Beyond the SAT : merit that matters.
