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Peer reviewedZancanella, Don – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1992
The influence of state-mandated tests on thoughts and actions of three middle school or junior high school literature teachers was studied. Case studies indicated that the changes that tests caused in teacher thinking were a function of teachers' preferred approach to teaching literature and their place in curricular decision making. (SLD)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Junior High Schools, Literature
