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ERIC Number: EJ576160
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0256-8543
Teacher and Parent Views on Standardized Testing: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Uses and Influencing Factors.
Donegan, Mary M.; Trepanier-Street, Mary
Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v13 n1 p85-93 Fall-Win 1998
Surveyed elementary school teachers and parents from two cultural groups--Middle Eastern and White Other--regarding their views on standardized testing. Parents supported use of tests to compare teachers, schools, districts, and administrators, while teachers opposed such uses and reported considerable personal stress and some child stress due to standardized testing. (LPP)
Descriptors: Arabs, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Parent Attitudes, Standardized Tests, Stress Variables, Teacher Attitudes, Test Anxiety, Test Use, Whites
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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