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ERIC Number: EJ484910
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0895-9048
Old and New Beliefs about Measurement-Driven Reform: "Build It and They Will Come".
Noble, Audrey J.; Smith, Mary Lee
Educational Policy, v8 n2 p111-36 Jun 1994
Recent incorporation of a performance assessment in Arizona's test mandate provides an opportunity to examine the assumptions and beliefs underlying measurement-driven reform. Efforts to meld cognitive-constructivist beliefs about pupil learning and assessment contradict behaviorist beliefs about changing teachers and reforming schools. Mandates depend on coercion to create conformity; open systems are needed to foster lasting change. (Contains 68 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Misconceptions, Performance Based Assessment, Policy Formation, Politics of Education, Program Implementation, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Arizona; Mandated Tests