ERIC Number: EJ830646
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 14
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1945-9009
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Tomorrow's Teachers: Balancing Federal Guidelines and Professional Judgment
Wakefield, Dara
AILACTE Journal, v4 p49-62 Fall 2007
Teachers, and those who prepare them, struggle to balance test-centered legislative mandates and conscientious professional practices. Increasingly, professional judgment may be at variance with federal testing guidelines. Present federal testing requirements, if strictly followed, will retain a significant number of students in grade resulting in an increased likelihood of ultimate academic failure.
Descriptors: Testing, Standardized Tests, Guidelines, Federal Regulation, National Standards, Alignment (Education), Professional Autonomy, Politics of Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Educators, Compliance (Legal), Educational Practices, Teacher Attitudes
Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education. 1903 Princeton Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55105. Tel: 651-690-8949; e-mail: erns0039@umn.edu; Web site: http://www.ailacte.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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