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Hochbein, Craig – Leadership and Policy in Schools, 2012
The purpose of this study is to determine the validity of common assumptions about the rate at which school decline manifests. From a population of 981 elementary schools in the state of Virginia, the author uses three operational definitions of school decline to identify samples of declining schools: Absolute (n = 217), Relational (n = 510), and…
Descriptors: Definitions, Low Achievement, Educational Quality, Elementary Schools
Wickett, Maryann; Hendrix-Martin, Eunice – Stenhouse Publishers, 2011
Multiple-choice testing is an educational reality. Rather than complain about the negative impact these tests may have on teaching and learning, why not use them to better understand your students' true mathematical knowledge and comprehension? Maryann Wickett and Eunice Hendrix-Martin show teachers how to move beyond the student's answer--right…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Student Evaluation, Standardized Tests, Multiple Choice Tests