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ERIC Number: EJ309953
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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State-Mandated Testing and the Fate of Local Control.
Anderson, Beverly; Pipho, Chris
Phi Delta Kappan, v66 n3 p209-12 Nov 1984
An outcome of the excellence movement has been an increase in state control of education, especially through state-mandated testing, as testing has become the preferred means of trying to effect change in education following the popularity of accountability and minimum competency testing. Suggestions for using tests prudently are listed. (DCS)
Descriptors: Accountability, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Testing, Minimum Competency Testing, State Standards, Test Use, Testing Programs
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Local Autonomy; State Local Relationship; State Regulation