Creating New Inequalities: Contradictions of Reform.

McNeil, Linda M.

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ERIC Number: EJ607953

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Publication Date: 2000

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Creating New Inequalities: Contradictions of Reform.

McNeil, Linda M.

Phi Delta Kappan, v81 n10 p728-34 Jun 2000

In Texas, control of schooling has shifted from the public toward business-controlled management accountability systems--exemplified in the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills ("the Texas Accountability System"). TAAS adversely affects teaching and learning by mandating a "test-prep" noncurriculum, discriminating against minorities, and restratifying access to knowledge. (MLH)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Democratic Values, Dropout Rate, Educational Equity (Finance), Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, High Stakes Tests, Minority Groups, Scores, Standardized Tests, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Texas Assessment of Academic Skills

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