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ERIC Number: EJ356356
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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State Mandated Testing and Educational Reform: Context and Consequences.
Airasian, Peter W.
American Journal of Education, v95 n3 p393-412 May 1987
Describes social trends that, since the 1960s, have spawned new forms and uses of standardized testing, including educational growth, shifts in the locus of school control, and politicization of education. Discusses the new state-mandated tests. Presents a set of propositions to guide understanding of the testing debate and controversy. (KH)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education, School Districts, Sociocultural Patterns, Standardized Tests, State School District Relationship, State Standards, Test Use
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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