Teaching in a World Focused on Testing.

Buckner, Aimee

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ERIC Number: EJ640716

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Teaching in a World Focused on Testing.

Buckner, Aimee

Language Arts, v79 n3 p212-15 Jan 2002

Offers one teacher's Top Ten list for ways to remain true to excellence in teaching despite the tug of war around testing. Suggests that when teachers start to make teaching decisions based on a test, they become powerless. Concludes that it is important not to sacrifice teaching, devotion to children, or standards of excellence for high-stakes tests. (SG/55)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, High Stakes Tests, Politics of Education, Standardized Tests, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Theme: "Teaching (blank) the Test--a. to, b. about, c. against, d. all of the above."