Wise Social Studies in an Age of High-Stakes Testing

Is it wise to teach anything but the test? Will students perceive anything more to be a waste of time or any less to be unfair? In this collection of 11 articles contributors evaluate the pros and cons of the high-stakes test challenge with topics such as wise practice in an urban elementary school changes in attitude about the tests a case study of Florida elementary school teachers and another of Texas middle school teachers accountability reform in Virginia and another of ambitious teaching wise practice in an innovative public school and a high school social studies class engaging pedagogy in an Advanced Placement European history classroom and a journey toward wise practice in the teaching of American history. Annotation 2006 Book News Inc. Portland OR (booknews)