Item #11562 The Case for Examinations: An Account of Their Place in Education with Some Proposals for Their Reform. J. L. Brereton.

The Case for Examinations: An Account of Their Place in Education with Some Proposals for Their Reform

London: Cambridge University Press, 1944.

Hardcover. 7 1/2" X 5". viii, 226pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning, creasing, and spots of soiling to covers, corners, and edges. Rubbing and toning to covers and edges of red cloth over boards. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Light foxing to endpapers. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound.

ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Much has been lately heard, and more is bound to be heard yet, about the system of school examinations. It is a topic so tempting that angels, at times, rush in, forgetful of their caution, where the ignorant have eagerly fallen over each other already. The author of this book belongs to neither of these parties, and he assumes that his readers will also be level-headed. He has worked for sixteen years at the organization-end of the Cambridge Local Examinations, and therefore knows the facts at first hand. He concludes that examinations will continue to form an essential part of education; and contends that they have positive values (besides their usefulness as tests of ability) in stimulating pupils and teachers generally, and in co-ordinating the work and aims of schools that might otherwise drift apart.(Publisher). Good / good. Item #11562

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