Making a Grade : Victorian Examinations and the Rise of Standardized Testing
Record details
- ISBN: 9781487539344
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (304 p.) : 6 b&w illustrations
remote
Computer data. - Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:january.23 Multi-User. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Examinations -- 1 "The Age of Examinations": A Historical Sketch -- 2 Monetizing Marks: The Political Economy of Examinations -- 3 An Epistemology of the Mundane: Dissecting One Examination -- Part Two: Examiners -- 4 Daguerreotypes of the Mind: Paper, Partition, and Specialization -- 5 Machining Minds: Commensuration, Tabulation, and Standardization -- 6 Thin Descriptions: Credentials and Other Signals -- Part Three: Examinees -- 7 Learning and Earning: Coaching, Cramming, and Arms Races -- 8 Immoral Economies: How to Cheat on a Victorian Exam -- 9 Economies, Remoralized: Examinations as Technologies of Inclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Important Dates -- Appendix B: Biographical List -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Restrictions on Access Note: | restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted through purchase. |
Language Note: | In English. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by publisher. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) |