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Why We Test Teachers in Arkansas.

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Clinton, Bill – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1986

In this article the Governor of Arkansas discusses the importance of the Arkansas Educational Skills Assessment Test which all Arkansas teachers must pass. (Author/MT)

Descriptors: Minimum Competency Testing, State Standards, Teacher Certification, Teachers

Why We Are Testing Teachers: Some Policy Issues.

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Podemski, Richard S.; Lohr, Cherie K. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1985

A controversial Arkansas law requires that all currently employed certified teachers pass a specially developed literacy test. This article describes the rational for teacher testing in terms of professional, ethical, and political issues. Testing is necessary for public support for reforms that improve the professional status and salaries of…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education