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Peer reviewedCallahan, Susan – Research in the Teaching of English, 1997
Observes how nine members of the Pine View High School English Department interpreted and implemented Kentucky's state requirement for portfolio assessment of secondary school students. Suggests that the faculty saw the assessment as a test of their competence and felt great pressure to produce good portfolios but little incentive to explore ways…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, High Schools, Portfolio Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Download full textParrish, Paige; Keyes, Marian; Cowley, Kimberly S. – 2000
One mandate of the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 is that students develop a writing portfolio. The Kentucky Department of Education and AEL, Inc., collaborated to help schools discern areas for improvement in their writing programs, then developed a needs assessment process instrument, the School Study of Writing Instruction (SSWI). This…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Meehan, Merrill L.; Parrish, Paige; Keyes, Marian; Orletsky, Sandra; Coe, Pamelia; Lewis, Starr; Whitaker, Julie; Runge, Claudia; Tolbert, Shannon – 2000
Since 1991-92, student writing portfolios have been part of Kentucky's high-stakes performance-based assessment. A study of schools with continuously improving or continuously declining writing portfolio scores led to identification of 36 indicators of successful writing programs. These indicators were used to develop a comprehensive needs…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
PDF pending restorationEsser, Linda G. – 1996
In 1990 the Kentucky legislature passed the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA). The law mandates the use of performance-based assessments, including portfolios in mathematics and writing. This paper presents findings of a case study of a fourth-grade classroom teacher's experiences in implementing instructional changes to help students produce…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Performance Based Assessment
Wolf, Shelby A.; McIver, Monette C. – 1998
In 1990, the state of Kentucky created a new school system through the Kentucky Educational Reform Act (KERA). While KERA mandates wide-ranging progressive reform, testing through the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS) makes sure teachers get the job done. Though all Kentucky teachers are involved in writing, those at the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Change, Grade 7, Junior High Schools
Notes from the Field: Education Reform in Rural Kentucky, 1994
As part of a qualitative study of education reform in four rural Kentucky school districts, this report examines instructional changes that have occurred in the upper primary grades as a result of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA). Researchers interviewed 13 principals, 37 teachers, and 14 eighth-grade students; observed 73 teachers working…
Descriptors: Accountability, Competency Based Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Harnack, Andrew; And Others – Composition Chronicle: Newsletter for Writing Teachers, 1994
The central role of writing in Kentucky's Education Reform Act is most evident in Kentucky's new assessment system, which employs writing on all levels. Even tests that have recently included multiple-choice items may be replaced by response items that require students to apply knowledge, concepts, and skills in a writing format. Writing itself is…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Higher Education, Portfolio Assessment, Portfolios (Background Materials)
Bridge, Connie A.; And Others – 1995
A study examined whether Kentucky primary teachers were adopting the changes in literacy instruction recommended in the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA/1990) which, in part, encouraged the use of whole language and integrated reading/language arts approaches and the teaching of writing as a process. The study employed direct classroom…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Change, Integrated Activities, Language Arts
