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Ramirez, Al – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
Policymakers are placing tremendous faith in assessment, a technology with many limitations. Assessment-driven improvement policy uses mandatory testing to leverage desired change, but it narrows the curriculum, punishes teachers for things beyond their control, expands bureaucracy, and does not work. Alternative strategies for school leaders are…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, National Standards, Program Implementation
Elliott, Rebekah; Borko, Hilda – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
Describes experiences of two elementary math teachers, whose dynamic, hands-on teaching techniques were at odds with components of the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS). Despite these teachers' successful efforts, the new Commonwealth Accountability and Testing System (CATS) replacing KIRIS will not contain portfolios. (12…
Descriptors: Accountability, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Grade 4
Gratz, Donald B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
The compelling ideas underlying the standards movement are being distorted by poor implementation and political opportunism. Higher standards will probably not affect the nation's already booming economy or close the white/minority achievement gap. An emerging rebellion, driven by negative testing consequences, is eroding political support.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Activism, Advocacy
