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Contents Acknowledgments vii 1 Introduction 1 2 Contextualizing Education within the Racial Politics of Texas 23 3 Statistical Objectification, Governmentality, and Race in High-Stakes Testing 42 4 Commodification, Privatization, and Political Economy of Statistical Discourse 63 5 Statistical Objectification, Truth, and Hegemony 97 6 Between Women and the State of Texas: Representation and the Politics of Experience 120 7 Conclusion 140 Chronology: Timeline of Testing in Texas, 1970–2003 159 Notes 163 Bibliography 181 Index 209 ...

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