Books by George F. Madaus

Clarifies for parents, the public, and policy makers what high stakes tests are and how their use affects our schools, children, and society. This book explores the various uses, limitations, and paradoxical consequences of high stakes testing.

Standardized testing in the United States has been increasing at a rapid pace. One of the main features of this book is that the market for standardized testing is highly fractured - with segments of the market facing monopoly conditions, others facing oligopoly conditions and still others where near free-market conditions exist.