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ERIC Number: EJ579419
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
When Process Becomes Policy: The Paradox of Kentucky State Reform for Exemplary Teachers of Writing.
Wolf, Shelby A.; McIver, Monette C.
Phi Delta Kappan, v80 n5 p401-06 Jan 1999
An exemplary teacher who perfected portfolio writing techniques with his seventh-graders fears that abandoning KIRIS (Kentucky Instructional Results Information System) for a more conventional testing system will discourage students' riskier ventures. Talented teachers must balance teaching writing as an artistic process with meeting concrete policy demands. (MLH)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Educational Policy, English Teachers, Grade 7, Junior High Schools, Poetry, Politics of Education, Portfolio Assessment, Standardized Tests, State Legislation, Teacher Response, Testing Problems, Writing Instruction, Writing Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Kentucky Instructional Results Information System; Mandated Tests