Standardized Testing as Symbolic Improvement: Policymakers' Assumptions versus Testing Environment Realities.

Allard, Janicemarie; Fish, Judy

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ERIC Number: EJ419447

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Publication Date: 1990

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Standardized Testing as Symbolic Improvement: Policymakers' Assumptions versus Testing Environment Realities.

Allard, Janicemarie; Fish, Judy

Urban Education, v25 n3 p326-49 Oct 1990

Examines differences between policymakers' assumptions about standardized testing and the ways 36 teachers prepare students for and administer tests in 2 urban school districts. Concludes that standardized tests may be poor measures of instructional improvements in connection with the regular curriculum. (FMW)

Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Questionnaires, Test Interpretation, Testing, Urban Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Researchers

Language: English

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