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Yelon, Stephen – Performance and Instruction, 1985
Considers four major decisions to illustrate the complexity of decision making about pretesting as part of the instructional process: whether a pretest should be administered; the behaviors that should be pretested; how pretesting should be accomplished; and how teaching strategies should be adjusted to pretest results. (MBR)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Instructional Development, Literature Reviews, Measurement Objectives
Peer reviewedTerzian, Shelley – Childhood Education, 2002
Describes personal and professional pressures a first-year teacher faced when confronted with mandated standards in student academic achievement for at-risk students. Focuses on the teacher's efforts to: (1) examine student needs, including addressing test anxiety; (2) adapting classroom methods, including uses of practice testing; and (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Classroom Techniques, Educational Testing
