Whew! I’ve split up the former chapter 2 into two chapters, expanded the analysis of expertise and the political drives for test-score accountability in the new chapter 2, and polished the new chapter 3 a bit. The rest of the revision checklist is now much narrower:
- Change chapter summaries in preface and new chapter 6
- Expand section on the outcomes of high-stakes accountability in chapter 5
- Cite in-press MS and other materials on consequences of high-stakes testing; find Jones, Jones, & ?.
- Insert more from Frankenstein itself
- Explain technocracy in the preface
- Be clearer on how the goals follow A Nation at Risk in chapter 4 section, “From expectations of schools to…”
- Better citations for historical material
- Check that each excerpt is < 150 words
- Complete marketing questionnaire
- Tie child-saving better to the overarching argument in chapter 5, perhaps switching it to appear later in the chapter
- In Chapter 5, watch the conflation of working-class with immigrant
- Chapter 6, explain Lake Wobegon phenomenon better (more?)
- Chapter 6: revise “no illusion” passage
- Look for substitute Webster quotes in 1965 volume.
Time for me to head home (I’m currently in a chain cafe). We don’t celebrate Christmas, but I think my family will want to see me sometime today. For those who do celebrate it, have a safe and merry Christmas.