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ERIC Number: EJ496964
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
The Classroom and CLAS: Who's Driving Whom?
Whitehorse, David
Social Studies Review, v34 n1 p40-45 Fall 1994
Contends that few educational issues rival the California Learning Assessment System (CLAS) for comment, controversy, and confrontation. Defines the CLAS test and discusses its characteristics, anticipated student responses, and scoring procedures. Outlines four implications for instructional methods. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Testing, Elementary Education, History, Holistic Evaluation, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement, Performance Based Assessment, Social Studies, State Programs, Student Evaluation, Teacher Expectations of Students, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: California; California Learning Assessment System (CLAS)
Note: Theme issue topic: "Assessing Assessment."