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The Paradoxes of High Stakes Testing: How They Affect Students, Their Parents, Teachers, Principals, Schools, and Society (NA) by George F. Madaus, Jennifer [Contributor] Higgins, Michael K. Russell, Information Age Publishing Paperback, 264 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 1-60752-027-3 / 1607520273 ISBN-13: 978-1-60752-027-6 / 9781607520276 As a nation, we spend more than $1 billion a year on federally mandated educational tests that 30 million students must take each year. The country spends an additional $1.2 billion on test preparation materials designed to help students pass these tests. While test mandates were put in place with g |