Descriptor
| Educational Testing | 3 |
| Primary Sources | 3 |
| Social Studies | 3 |
| Educational Change | 2 |
| History Instruction | 2 |
| State Programs | 2 |
| Academic Achievement | 1 |
| Academic Standards | 1 |
| Accountability | 1 |
| Advanced Placement Programs | 1 |
| Beginning Teachers | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Books | 1 |
| Collected Works - General | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 1 |
| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
| Grade 4 | 1 |
| High Schools | 1 |
| Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| California Learning… | 1 |
| Florida Comprehensive… | 1 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedStovel, John E. – Social Science Record, 1987
Discusses the Document Based Question (DBQ) as a way of assessing critical thinking skills. Examines several weaknesses with this type of test item and offers suggestions for overcoming them. Advocates the method continue to be used. (JDH)
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Critical Thinking, Educational Testing, Essay Tests
Peer reviewedWhitney, Linda – Social Studies Review, 1994
Contends that understanding history is more than remembering isolated facts: it involves interpreting, hypothesizing, and evaluating. Provides recommendations for preparing elementary students for the California Learning Assessment System (CLAS). (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Testing
Direct linkGrant, S. G., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2006
Measuring History complements the cases presented in Wise Social Studies Practices (Yeager & Davis, 2005). Yeager and Davis highlight the rich and ambitious teaching that can occur in the broad context of state-level testing. In this book, the chapter authors and I bring the particular state history tests more to the fore and examine how…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, High Stakes Tests, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
