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Peer reviewedSmith, Mary Lee – Educational Researcher, 1991
Examines, in a qualitative study, the role of mandated tests on elementary schools, describing in particular their emotional impact on teachers, who may suffer sanctions or loss of autonomy based on low test scores. Describes some of the curricular and methodological effects of standardized testing. (CJS)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Moore, William P. – 1992
Teacher testing-related attitudes and practices were explored in the context of court-ordered achievement testing in a school district engaged in desegregation. Responses to a mail survey (the Teacher Assessment Practices Questionnaire) from 79 teachers (grades 3, 4, and 5) across 13 elementary schools in a midwestern urban district suggest that…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Decision Making, Educational Practices, Elementary School Teachers
