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ERIC Number: EJ495561
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-1926
Some Sink, Some Float: National Curriculum Assessment and Accountability.
Abbott, Dorothy; And Others
British Educational Research Journal, v20 n2 p155-74 1994
Examines the British government's goal of introducing criterion-referenced, formative student evaluation in primary schools. Reports on a case study in which the reliability of a Standard Assessment Task was examined in three second-grade classrooms. Questions whether or not the decision to drop the task from the test was correct. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 2, National Curriculum, National Programs, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers; Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Great Britain; Primary Assessment Curric Exper (Great Britain)