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Direct linkMei B. Tran – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This phenomenological study investigated the lived experiences of how primary teachers (K-2) perceive and manage accountability pressures. Accountability pressures are the consequences of high-stakes and standardized testing. This can be overtly represented by inappropriately aligned standards or a fast-paced curriculum design to match tested…
Descriptors: Accountability, Stress Variables, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Peer reviewedMinicozzi, Lisa L. – Global Studies of Childhood, 2016
Teachers today are faced with myriad expectations. Whether preparing children for school learning goals, state assessments, or building social skills, it seems that teachers are being asked to do more every year. Perhaps the most palpable effect of the standards movement has been the academic "trickle down," whereby our youngest learners…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Accountability
Download full textCarlsson-Paige, Nancy; McLaughlin, Geralyn Bywater; Almon, Joan Wolfsheimer – Defending the Early Years, 2015
Today, in conjunction with the Alliance for Childhood, we are thrilled to release our new report "Reading Instruction in Kindergarten: Little to Gain and Much to Lose." In the report we concluded that Common Core reading requirements for kindergarten are inappropriate and not well-grounded in research. Under Common Core, students are…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Kindergarten, Common Core State Standards, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Minicozzi, Lisa L. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study is to explore the tensions that exist between the pressures teachers feel about accountability and what early childhood teachers have long known as developmentally appropriate practice. This study addresses the experiences, insights, and reflections of four kindergarten teachers working at a suburban elementary school. In…
Descriptors: Accountability, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
Selena Marie Kiser – ProQuest LLC, 2007
The intent of this study was to investigate changes in the curriculum caused by high-stakes testing mandates within 3 Southwest Virginia school systems to find best practices for instructional application in classrooms. This qualitative study was comprised of in-depth interviews and observations with elementary school teachers and administrators.…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Educational Change, High Stakes Tests, Teacher Attitudes
Jones, Brett D.; Egley, Robert J. – ERS Spectrum, 2005
The purpose of this paper is to discuss Florida teachers' recommendations for improving the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) and to compare their recommendations with those of Florida administrators. Although teachers' suggestions varied as to the types and extent of remedies needed to improve the FCAT, some common themes emerged. The…
Descriptors: Test Results, Core Curriculum, Student Evaluation, Accountability
