01811cam a2200325 i 4500 125813 20230410123917.0 160907s2016 nyu b 001 0 eng d 0465036589 (paperback) 9780465036585 (paperback) 9780465097999 (ebook) LA 217.2 R256d 2016 379.1 Ravitch, Diane. The death and life of the great American school system : how testing and choice are undermining education / Diane Ravitch. Revised and expanded edition. New York : Basic Books, [2016] xliv, 354 p. ; 22 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-335) and index. What I learned about school reform -- Hijacked! How the standards movement turned into the testing movement -- The transformation of District 2 -- Lessons from San Diego -- The business model in New York City -- NCLB: measure and punish -- Choice: the story of an idea -- The trouble with accountability -- What would Mrs. Ratliff do? -- The billionaire boys' club -- Lessons learned -- Epilogue: School and society. Award-winning author, public intellectual, and former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch critiques a lifetime's worth of school reforms and reveals the simple--yet difficult--truth about how we can create actual change in public schools. Public schools United States. Educational accountability United States. Educational tests and measurements United States. School choice United States. Educational change United States. Financiación de la educación. Educación Aspectos económicos lcc bk 68083 68083 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 LA 217.2 R256d 2016 00000120144 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk