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ERIC Number: EJ387141
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Testing and Thoughtfulness.
Brown, Rexford
Educational Leadership, v46 n7 p31-33 Apr 1989
The Policy and the Higher Literacies project reviewed state and local "thoughtfulness" mandates, interviewed appropriate administrators, and visited schools and classrooms boasting higher literacy activities. While most interviewees believed in commercial test validity, those engaged in higher literacy activities largely ignored such tests as indicators of student progress. (MLH)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Standardized Tests, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Higher Order Skills