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ERIC Number: EJ556654
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
School Reform and the High School Proficiency Test.
Shafer, Gregory
English Journal, v86 n5 p39-41 Sep 1997
Cautions against a statewide proficiency test based on the author's experience as a high school English teacher with the Michigan High School Proficiency Test. Discusses how, while meant to foster accountability, rigor, and standards, the test instead creates panic, uniformity, and a subversion of sound language arts practice. Discusses how this and other such tests hinder sensible English instruction. (SR)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Change, High Schools, Politics of Education, State Standards, Testing Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Michigan; Michigan High School Test
Note: Theme: The Practical Reality of School Reform--What's Happened to English Language Arts?