No One Left Standing

Dr. Michele Wages is an assistant professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University teaching emerging literacy, cultural responsiveness and reading courses to elementary education majors. In her 26 year career, she has served as an instructional specialist on title one campuses in the Dallas- Fort Worth area for nine years including a bilingual campus with an 86 percent Hispanic student enrollment and a free and reduced lunch demographic of 96 percent. She has also served as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, language arts facilitator and has provided professional development training for teachers in Texas

• ForewordPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: Why Experts Say We Need Standardized TestsChapter 2: Why Teachers Say We Don’tChapter 3: What’s Wrong with Standardized Tests?Chapter 4: So Why Do We Test?Chapter 5: The Other Costs of Standardized TestsChapter 6: How Does Child Poverty Affect Standardized Testing?Chapter 7: How Does Today’s Cultural Diversity Affect Testing?Chapter 8: What Do Standardized Tests Really Reflect?Chapter 9: Are There Benefits to Standardized Testing?Chapter 10: What Are The Alternatives to Standardized Testing?Chapter 11: Will the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Act Fix the Problems?ConclusionReferencesAbout the Author

This book will be treasured by teachers, school counselors, school administrators, superintendents, school board members, policy makers, and parents. It will appeal to them because it is interesting, objective, clearly written, thoroughly researched, and extraordinarily practical.