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ERIC Number: EJ323615
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Test Scores as Administrative Mechanisms in Educational Policy.
Madaus, George F.
Phi Delta Kappan, v66 n9 p611-17 May 1985
The increasing use of test results as a mechanism of educational reform is diminishing local control of schools and changing the curriculum to train students to pass tests rather than to educate students. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation, Politics of Education, Scores, Standardized Tests, Tests
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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