Testing Times: A School Case Study

Describes the resistance of a nontraditional public high school, the Durant School, to the global changes that would destroy its local ecology. In this school, the partially successful fight against the imposition of state standards and mandated tests has been a fight to preserve the school's i...

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Published in:Education policy analysis archives 2001-01, Vol.9 (2), p.2
Main Authors: Goodson, Ivor, Foote, Martha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Educational Change
Educational Environment
High School Students
High Schools
Nontraditional Education
State Programs
State Standards
Test Use
Testing Programs
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Summary:Describes the resistance of a nontraditional public high school, the Durant School, to the global changes that would destroy its local ecology. In this school, the partially successful fight against the imposition of state standards and mandated tests has been a fight to preserve the school's integrity, mission, and autonomy. (SLD)
ISSN:1068-2341
1068-2341
DOI:10.14507/epaa.v9n2.2001