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ERIC Number: EJ660930
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
A View from the Bottom: What Happens When Your School System Ranks Last?
Vogler, Kenneth E.; Kennedy, Robert J., Jr.
Phi Delta Kappan, v84 n6 p446-48 Feb 2003
Describes difficulties Lawrence (Massachusetts) Public Schools teachers faced in accommodating the addition of two superintendent-mandated test-preparation programs to the curriculum after school district ranked last on Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) for the third year in a row. (PKP)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Test Wiseness
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Massachusetts (Lawrence); Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System