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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kamenetz, Anya, 1980–

The test : why our schools are obsessed with standardized testing—but you don’t have to be / Anya Kamenetz.—First Edition.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-61039-442-0 (e-book)

1. Education—Standards—United States. 2. Educational tests and measurements—United States. 3. Education and state—United States. 4. Academic achievement—United States. I. Title.

LB3060.83.K36 2015

371.26—dc23

2014035859

 

First Edition

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