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Buzick, Heather M.; Rhoad-Drogalis, Anna; Laitusis, Cara C.; King, Teresa C. – ETS Research Report Series, 2019
A fundamental claim for Common Core State Standards (CCSS)-aligned assessments is that they will lead to better teaching practices. The purpose of this study is to seek evidence in support of this claim by surveying teachers about their instructional practices, test preparation strategies, and test score use both before and after the introduction…
Descriptors: Common Core State Standards, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Alignment (Education)
Wasserberg, Martin J. – Elementary School Journal, 2018
This study used a theoretical framework rooted in student voice to explore the perceptions, experiences, and recommendations of African American students at an elementary school that had implemented a test-centered curriculum. The study used data from focus group interviews conducted with a purposefully selected group of fourth- and fifth-grade…
Descriptors: African American Students, Student Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Grade 4
Blazar, David; Pollard, Cynthia – Educational Researcher, 2017
Critics of test-based accountability warn that test preparation has a negative influence on teachers' instruction due to a focus on procedural skills. Others advocate that the adoption of more rigorous assessments may be a way to incentivize more ambitious test preparation instruction. Drawing on classroom observations and teacher surveys, we do…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Educational Quality, Accountability, Teacher Effectiveness
Reed, Helen C.; Gemmink, Michelle; Broens-Paffen, Marije; Kirschner, Paul A.; Jolles, Jelle – Research in Mathematics Education, 2015
Developing fluency in arithmetic facts is instrumental to mathematics learning. This study compares the effects of two practice conditions on children's fluency in simple multiplication facts. Third and fourth graders in the Netherlands (N = 282) practised in either a conventional "recall" condition where they produced answers to…
Descriptors: Multiplication, Problem Solving, Recall (Psychology), Multiple Choice Tests
Kalchman, Mindy; Marentette, Brian – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2012
In this paper we report on the process, outcomes, and impact of a weekly homework assignment for which students write about the mathematics they do in their everyday lives. Data from 17 fifth-grade students suggest that after doing the assignment for a full school year, students clearly communicated their beliefs about the assignment having…
Descriptors: Homework, Test Preparation, Assignments, Mathematics Activities