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ERIC Number: EJ435144
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0790
Can Indicator Systems Improve the Effectiveness of Mathematics and Science Education? The Case of the US.
Shavelson, Richard J.
Evaluation and Research in Education, spec iss v4 n2 p51-60 1990
Evidence presented suggests that indicator systems monitor what is valued and that teachers teach what is monitored. That which is monitored is bound by time, context, and politics. Indicators should embody the best knowledge and democratic values, which has not always been the case, to result in educational improvement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educational Indicators, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Management Information Systems, Mathematics Education, Political Influences, Science Education, Student Evaluation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Monitoring; Performance Indicators in Education; United States
Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (Boston, MA, April 16-20, 1990).