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ERIC Number: EJ327940
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Using Formative Testing at the Classroom, School, and District Levels.
Conner, Katherine; And Others
Educational Leadership, v43 n2 p63-67 Oct 1985
Describes the Philadelphia Public Schools' formative testing program, used to diagnose students' difficulties under mastery learning, especially in mathematics. Discusses in turn the classroom, school, and district aspects of the program and summarizes the program's essential features. A full-page chart outlining aids and hindrances to formative testing is included. (MCG)
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Formative Evaluation, Mastery Learning, Mathematics Instruction, Pretesting, Testing Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Philadelphia Mastery Learning Program; Philadelphia School District PA