Full Description
Examining the political economy of high-stakes educational testing
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Contextualizing Education within the Racial Politics of Texas
3. Statistical Objectification, Governmentality, and Race in High- Stakes Testing
4. Commodification, Privatization, and Political Economy of Statistical Discourse
5. Statistical Objectification, Truth, and Hegemony
6. Between Women and the State of Texas: Representation and the Politics of Experience
7. Conclusion
Chronology: Timeline of Testing in Texas, 1970- 2003
Notes
Bibliography
Index