Citation: Ydesen, Christian . (2013 June 13) Review of Using Standards and High-stakes testing for Students by Gorlewski, Julie A.; Porfilio, Brad J. & Gorlewski, David A. (Eds.). Education Review, 16. Retrieved [Date] from http://www.edrev.info/reviews/rev1239.pdf June 13, 2013 ISSN 1094-5296 Education Review/Reseñas Educativas is a project of the College of Education and Human Services of the University of Delaware the National Education Policy Center, and the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University Follow Education Review on Facebook and on Twitter: #EducReview Gorlewski, Julie A.; Porfilio, Brad J. & Gorlewski, David A. (Eds.) (2012) Using Standards and High-stakes Testing for Students: Exploiting Power with Critical Pedagogy. New York: Peter Lang Verlag. Pp. 273 ISBN 978-1-4331-1555-4 Reviewed by Christian Ydesen University of Aalborg, Denmark Rarely do we encounter studies in the fields of educational evaluation, accountability, and testing that explicitly reference the dimensions of political and science philosophies, theoretical frameworks, and empirical data stemming from various research projects concerned with educational practices. This is nonetheless true of Using Standards and High-stakes testing for Students, in which Marxist, neo-Marxist, and social constructivist approaches are put into operation in conjunction with sociological and theoretical learning frameworks. According to the book, such approaches can be implemented to promote critical thinking and to education review // reseñas educativas editors: david j. blacker / gustavo e. fischman / melissa cast-brede / gene v glass a multi-lingual journal of book reviews