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The ambiguity of teaching to the test : standards, assessment, and educational reform /

This work offers a hard look at the effects of state testing, and thoroughly examines the ambiguity of test preparation and how test preparation practices are influenced by what teachers know and the leadership coming from the school and district.

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Other Authors: Firestone, William A., Monfils, Lora Frances, Schorr, Roberta Y.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Mahwah, NJ : L. Erlbaum Associates Publishers, 2004.
Subjects:
Educational tests and measurements > United States.
Education > Standards > United States.
Mathematics > Examinations, questions, etc.
Science > Examinations, questions, etc.
Examinations.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:1410609944
9781410609946
9780805845686
0805845682
9780805845693
0805845690
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / William A. Firestone, Roberta Y. Schorr
  • Teaching mathematics and science / Roberta Y. Schorr [and others]
  • Teaching to the test / Lora F. Monfils [and others]
  • Pressure and support / William A. Firestone [and others]
  • The district and test preparation / Katrina Bulkley, Janet Fairman, M. Cecilia Martinez
  • Test scores and equity / Gregory Camilli, Lora F. Monfils.

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