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ERIC Number: EJ558704
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-9072
Four Surveys and an Epitaph: AAP Science 1985-1997.
Stark, Rae; Bryce, Tom; Gray, Donald
Scottish Educational Review, v29 n2 p114-20 Nov 1997
Reviews findings of four national Scottish surveys of science achievement, 1985-97, within the Assessment of Achievement Programme (AAP). Examines AAP responses to changing educational policy and the increasingly political context of national achievement monitoring. Discusses the AAP's contributions to development of standards and practical forms of assessment, and the potential negative outcomes of its recent reorganization and centralization. (SV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Politics of Education, Science Achievement, Science Education
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Assessment of Achievement Programme (Scotland); Scotland