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We've been told time and time again that standardized tests aren't perfect but that they're the best tool we have for gauging aptitude and achievement. Is this really true? What are the flaws of such testing? Why is your father's occupation a better predictor of SAT scores than virtually any other factor? And, most important, what can we do to hold one another accountable to standards at all levels of schools and in the workplace?Standardized Minds dramatically shows how our unhealthy and enduring obsession with intelligence testing affects us all, from the day we enter kindergarten to the day we apply for that corporate job. Drawing creative solutions from the headlines and the frontlines, Sacks demonstrates proven alternatives to such testing and details a plan to make the American meritocracy legitimate and fair.

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Book category Books in English Humanities History

• Full title: Standardized Minds
• Subtitle: The High Price Of America's Testing Culture And What We Can Do To Change It
• Author: Peter Sack
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364
• EAN: 9780738204338
• ISBN: 0738204331
• ID: 04668082
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Weight: 513 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. January 2011

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