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ERIC Number: EJ634858
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
California Testing: How Principals Choose Priorities.
Bushman, James; Goodman, Greg; Brown-Welty, Sharon; Dorn, Shelly
Educational Leadership, v59 n1 p33-36 Sep 2001
The Central Valley (California) Educational Research Consortium asked 118 area principals what they were doing to improve their lowest achieving students' education. Respondents are focusing on individualizing instruction, aligning curricula to standards, advocating teaching to standards and tests, promoting new curriculum methodologies, and involving parents. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Gains, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Individualized Instruction, Low Achievement, Minority Groups, Principals, Program Evaluation, Reading Programs, School Schedules, Student Centered Curriculum
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Administrator Surveys; Curriculum Alignment; Mandated Tests; Teaching to the Test