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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: The Board of Longitude
George, I haven't read Cremin's volumes so I don't know how accurate or important they are compared with Ravitch. I was just providing citations for you since you were apparently having trouble finding them(see my previous post). A recent article in the Washington post book section was dedicated to the many worthwhile books that are out of print and/or difficult to find. I presume you don't equate sales figures or print status (or availability on amazon.com) with merit. If you do, I think you are in trouble ; > ) "The Case Against Standardized Testing" by Alfie Kohn Amazon sales rank: 5,694 "Educational and Psychological Measurement" by George Cunningham Amazon sales rank: 1,797,646 Does this mean that Alfie Kohn's book about educational testing is over 300 times as important as yours? I think most people on this list would want to read a book before making assumptions about its merit. p.s. whom did they stick you in the closet with during accreditation? -----Original Message----- From: gkc@LOUISVILLE.EDU [mailto:gkc@LOUISVILLE.EDU] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 12:11 PM To: ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU Subject: Re: The Board of Longitude Allen, Ken, Rick I did a bunch of searches, including Google and came across just one reference to Cremins. It was in reference to another book that was praised as being the best book on educational history since Cremins, but that was all. No hits at all on Amazon .com which usually has every book, even those out of print, because they sell those as well through a sister service. Just curious. How can this be such an important book on educational history? It seems to have disappeared. And Rick. I read plenty of books I don't agree with. I think Ravitch's book was great. I know a lot of people disagree with it so I am naturally curious about why. George K. Cunningham University of Louisville -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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