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ERIC Number: EJ626269
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Teaching to the Test?
Popham, W. James
Educational Leadership, v58 n6 p16-20 Mar 2001
Curriculum-teaching, requiring teachers to direct instruction toward a specific body of content knowledge or cognitive skills, is preferable to item-teaching organized around test items. Detecting inappropriate test-preparation practices among teachers is difficult. Curriculum-teaching, if effective, will elevate students' scores and mastery of skills. (MLH)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Instructional Effectiveness, Scores, Teacher Responsibility, Test Wiseness
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Teaching to the Test; Test Curriculum Overlap