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The Fight's Not Always Fixed: Using Literary Response to Transcend Standardized Test Scores
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Avila, JuliAnna – English Journal, 2012
In 2004, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) concluded that "literature reading is fading as a meaningful activity, especially among younger people." How can educators continue to teach students about the power of literary response when the priority is for them to achieve proficiency on standardized tests, whose scores can only be narrowly…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Language Arts, Grade 11, English Instruction
Evaluating the Results of Classroom Literary Study: Research Roundup.
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Cooper, Charles R.; Petrosky, Anthony R. – English Journal, 1978
Discusses the need for standardized tests in literature, compares norm-referenced and criterion-referenced tests, and lists crucial background documents on the subject. (DD)
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Literary Criticism, Literature, Literature Appreciation