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ERIC Number: EJ601054
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0030-1035
Perspectives on Senate Bill 55.
Massarelli, Corey L.
Ohio Reading Teacher, v33 n2 p3-9 Sum 1999
Surveys parents, students, teachers, and administrators in one Ohio school district about Senate Bill 55, which prohibits promoting to fifth grade any fourth grade student who fails the fourth grade proficiency test. Argues that legislators determined what is best for students without educators' input, and that the public still has a lot to learn about the implications of the bill. (NH)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Policy, Grade Repetition, Intermediate Grades, Minimum Competency Testing, Parent Attitudes, Politics of Education, Reading Achievement, Social Promotion, State Legislation, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Competency Tests; Ohio; Political Behavior