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ERIC Number: EJ609611
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Results, Results, Results?
Wallace, Dale
Educational Leadership, v57 n5 p66-68 Feb 2000
Given the amount of time, energy, and money devoted to provincial achievement exams in Canada, it is disturbing that Alberta students and teachers feel so pressured and that the exams do not accurately reflect what students know. Research shows that intelligence has an (untested) emotional component. (MLH)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Cheating, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Stress Variables, Student Attitudes, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Alberta; Mandated Tests