teaching to the testCollege English Test (CETChinaThe College English Test (CET) in China is a high-stakes standardized test to assess college students' English ability. One frequent claim against this test is that teachers may teach to the test, which could narrow the curriculum and turn ...
Standardized tests as a form of academic measurement have become a huge part of the school year. Kids and parents are often frustrated with standardized tests that take up valuable teaching time and seem to only have one endpoint: long assessments that are not always an accurate measurement of ...
In the last decade, the debate over state-mandated standardized testing has become one of the most heated, political debates in education. Situated within that debate and drawing from it, this paper examines the relationship among teachers, teaching, and standardized testing, using the Michigan ...
Testing is terrible for learning—it destroys students and teachers' morale(斗志), and blocks opportunities for productive, meaningful teaching. This often-repeated idea has become accepted as true without evidence. However, according to a recent study, we should be testing students more, not less...
The "Teaching the Teachers" training program was meant to establish standardized ultrasound education programs worldwide, reaching the largest possible number of physicians. The authors performed this study to evaluate the results of this training. An open-ended test question format (ie, uncued testi...
Regardless of teaching experience, teachers with measurement training report a higher level of self-perceived assessment skills in using performance measures; in standardized testing, test revision, and instructional improvement; as well as in communicating assessment results (p < .05) than those ...
Members of the union's governing body met in May. They want teachers to have a meaningful participation in the development and administration of the California standardized tests. Union members complain that testing detracts from the time provided for the delivery of the required curriculum. They ...
Standardized TestsStudent EvaluationTest CoachingTest ResultsTest UseIn response to an increasingly "test driven" approach to curriculum and instruction, a growing body of research is documenting the negative effects of standardized testing on instruction, pupils, and teachers. The curriculum has been ...
Everyone talks about "best practice" teaching--but what does it actually look like in the classroom? How do working teachers translate complex curriculum s... M Bizar 被引量: 7发表: 2004年 Does District Leadership Really Matter? Discusses the findings of several research studies on the importan...
Teaching the Test to the Teachers: District Capacity and Policy Pedagogy In order to understand the impact of New Jersey's standards and assessment policies, this study examined how leaders in six school districts responded to t... K Bulkley,J Fairman,MC Martinez 被引量: 3发表: 2002年 Data...