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ERIC Number: EJ498384
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0267-1522
The Standard Assessment Tasks and the Boycott at Key Stage 1: Teachers' and Headteachers' Views in Six Inner-City Schools.
West, Anne; And Others
Research Papers in Education, v9 n3 p321-37 Oct 1994
Reports a study that examined headteachers' perspectives on England's 1993 teacher boycott of government-imposed standard assessment tasks (SATs) for elementary students together with teachers' attitudes toward the tasks, their management, and the boycott. Findings confirmed that, by 1993, resistance to national testing at that age was firmly entrenched. (SM)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Inner City, National Competency Tests, Parent Attitudes, Politics of Education, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Boycotts; England; Wales