Bob Johnston

Jim Meirose

Janet Kuypers

Bruce Matteson

Brian Looney

Linda Aceto

Rex Sexton

Joseph Hart

Robert Lyons

Fritz Hamilton

Assorted Writers and Artists

Bill Strother

Jennifer McCain

max keanu

Seger Landsdale

Brandon A. M.

Marcin Majkowski

Drew Nacht

Sheryl Nelms

Eric Jepson

Don Maurer

"The Mission" is a poetry book based on the May through August 2012 issues (and occasional Internet chapbook releases) of cc&d magazine (byline: "the UNreligious, NON-family oriented literary and at magazine," founded 1993, http: //scars.tv/ccd) into this poetry and prose (and very occasionally artwork), published by Scars Publications. "The Mission" was released not only as an "issues edition" (of the majority of the writings appearing in issues) and a "chapbooks edition" (of the chapbook releases during this period, plus select bonus writings from the issues). This issues edition contains a larger nmber of writers, and gives a better idea for the feel of the writings in issues of cc&d magazine. The cover art of this collection book was photographed in Chicago in 2011 (and the color was changed for different editions). See http: //scrs.tv for a full list of all contributors to this collection book. Writers in this collection book inlcude Janet Kuypers, Linda Webb Aceto, W. Donta Andrews, Christine Barba, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, Dana Blake, P. Keith Boran, Wm. Samuel Bradford, Audrey Burns, Paul J. Burt, Michael Ceraolo, Corey Cook, Kelly K. Darrow, Holly Day, Frank De Canio, Kenneth DiMaggio, Brian Duggan, John Duncklee, Lily Gardner, Deni Ann Gereighty, Matthew Guzman, Fritz Hamilton, Don Hargraves, Joseph Hart, Kyle Hemmings, Eric W Jepson, Bob Johnston, max keanu, Seger Lansdale, Brian Looney, Robert D. Lyons, Brandon A.M., Marcin Majkowski, Bruce Matteson, Don Maurer, Jennifer McCain, Jim Meirose, Drew Nacht, Sheryl L. Nelms, John Newmark, Andrew H. Oerke, Alexander P.S., Jeffrey Park, Emily Olive Petit, S. Progress, John Rachel, I.B. Rad, Stephen V. Ramey, Yasmin Ramirez, Carl Scharwath, Rex Sexton, Derrick Sherwin, Sterling A Slechta, Bob Strother, Jane Stuart, R. N. Taber, David Thompson, Ronald M. Wade, and artwork by Peter LaBerge, the HA!man of South Africa, Cheryl Townsend, David Michael Jackson, Brian Forrest, Zanadu, Rose E. Grier, John Yotko, Nick Brazinsky, George Coston, Oz Hardwick, Aaron Wilder, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Henry Walter Matthews, Uzeyir Lokman CAYCI, Brian Hosey and Lauren Braden, and Eric Bonholtzer.

The Mission (Issues Edition)

John Ford, Director

My Darling Clementine

Walter M. Haney

George F. Madaus

Standardized testing in the United States has been increasing at a rapid pace in the last twenty-five years. The market for tests has not only been expanding rapidly, but has also been changing sharply in structure into a fractured marketplace. Indeed, 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. One of the main premises of the book is that the structures of markets have strong implications for how those markets perform. While this notion is widely accepted among economists, it is not widely appreciated in educational research. A second motivation for the book is that very little scholarly attention has been focused on the standardized testing industry. This topic - the structure of the testing industry and implications for the quality of tests and test use - affects how we evaluate the learning of students, the effectiveness of teaching, the quality of schools and the educational health of the nation. Of particular concern to the authors is one vital aspect of test quality: test validity. This book is the most current and authoritative review and analysis of the market for standardized testing.

The Fractured Marketplace for Standardized Testing

Robert Lyons

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