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Murphy, Sandra – Research in the Teaching of English, 2007
The persistent gap between the performance of mainstream students and racially and linguistically diverse students--for example, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans--on standardized tests may well signal problems with procedures for the development and use of standardized tests in general, and for their use with culturally…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Standardized Tests, Test Validity, Prior Learning
Gasser, Judith; Smith, Bill; Chapman, Ann – State of Reading, 1997
Describes how, in one Texas fifth-grade classroom, Shared Inquiry book discussions were taught and implemented over a six-month period in connection with the Junior Great Book Series. Discusses solutions to the dilemma of grading these active class discussions, and reports that scores on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) tests were…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Grade 5, Grading, Intermediate Grades