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Download full textEdiger, Marlow – 2001
This paper discusses approaches to raising student test scores. At present, 49 of 50 states mandate tests for students in selected grades, and each school district is under pressure to have students score at a higher level than they did before. Teaching students to do better on tests is a frequent approach. It has some advantages, but also has the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMehrens, William A.; Kaminski, John – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 1989
The increased use of test scores as a measure of school quality is discussed. Legitimate and illegitimate practices of test preparation are considered. Some commercial test preparation programs are reviewed, with some conclusions about their effectiveness and desirability. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Dave F. – 1992
Educators' perceptions of the effects of state mandated testing on instructional practices and curricular decisions were studied. An ethnographic interview study was conducted with 30 fifth- and sixth-grade teachers and 12 principals from Illinois, New York, and Tennessee. Forty-one of the 42 respondents agreed to have their interviews audiotaped.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers
