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ERIC Number: EJ438630
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0380-2361
Educators' Perspectives on Assessment: Tensions, Contradictions and Dilemmas.
Field, James C.
Canadian Journal of Education, v16 n2 p210-14 Spr 1991
Seventeen Canadian teachers and administrators were interviewed to determine their perspectives on reading education. Forty-two interviews were transcribed and evaluated. Preliminary analysis reveals that assessment as a social-psychological phenomenon is filled with tensions, contradictions, and dilemmas that cannot be solved simply through technical-rational thinking or scientific procedure. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Problems, Foreign Countries, Interviews, Public Schools, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests, Supervisors, Teacher Attitudes, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada
Note: An English abstract and a French abstract are provided.