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ERIC Number: EJ422828
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0985-9045
Testing for Competence; Translating Reform Policy into Practice.
Ellwein, Mary Catherine; Glass, Gene V.
Educational Policy, v5 n1 p64-78 Mar 1991
Examines competency testing reforms in a state education agency and a local school district. Addresses linkages among reform impetus, implementation, and consequences in both sites. Identifies general issues in high stakes testing reform and highlights evaluation's role in mediating complex political, technical, and social issues. Includes 13 issues. (MLH)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts, State Departments of Education, Student Evaluation, Testing Problems, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Competency Tests
Note: Available from Corwin Press, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320.