{"product_id":"the-malfunction-of-us-education-policy-elite-misinformation-disinformation-and-selfishness-9781475869941","title":"The Malfunction of Us Education Policy: Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Malfunction of US Education Policy: Elite Misinformation, Disinformation, and Selfishness biased and inefficient information dissemination that has degraded US education research and policy since the year 2001, when a series of unfortunate disruptions began: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efirst, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and federal imposition of an idiosyncratic and ineffectual testing program;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003esecond, the \"big bang\" reorganization of the US education testing industry from a stable, cooperative oligopoly run by psychometricians to a commercially competitive free-for-all with more opportunist and customer-pleasing ambitions; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethird, the Common Core standards, which mandated homogenous lower content standards onto the still required NCLB testing structure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eBillions from the federal government and wealthy foundations have transformed many once-independent national education organizations into \"cargo cult\" dependents and promoters of the new order, intolerant of divergent points of view. The research and policy brain trust responsible comprised an alliance of convenience among two \"citation cartels\" of establishment and reform scholars and politicos, and an astonishingly cooperative and un-skeptical group of journalists. It succeeded in focusing attention on their work, while diverting attention away from a much larger universe of others' work (by ignoring, dismissing, or demeaning it) that included a century's worth of mostly experimental scholarship in the fields of psychology and program evaluation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3040963\"\u003eRichard P. Phelps\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781475869941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1475869940\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-EDU\"\u003eEducation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-EDU034030\"\u003eEducational Policy \u0026amp; Reform | Federal Legislation\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-EDU\"\u003eEducation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-EDU001000\"\u003eAdministration | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard P. Phelps is founder of the muck-raking Nonpartisan Education Group, and editor and co-author of Correcting Fallacies about Educational and Psychological Testing (American Psychological Association) and Defending Standardized Testing (Psychology Press). He holds degrees from Washington and Harvard Universities, and a PhD in Public Policy Analysis from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44713280766189,"sku":"9781475869941","price":49.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a6cc0d21-5a11-4780-8ce9-5248067ba22e.jpg?v=1704083989","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/es\/products\/the-malfunction-of-us-education-policy-elite-misinformation-disinformation-and-selfishness-9781475869941","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}