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ERIC Number: EJ382864
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
State-Mandated Accountability as a Constraint on Teaching and Learning Science.
Wood, Terry
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v25 n8 p631-41 Nov 1988
Examines the effect of state-mandated policy, emphasizing control through performance-based instruction and student test scores as the basis for determining school accreditation, and the teaching and learning of science. Indicates that the state-mandated policy has some unexpected and negative results on teacher behavior. (Author/YP)
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Evaluation, Policy, Political Influences, Science Education, Science Supervision, Science Teachers, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, State Standards, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Response
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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