Federal Rule Yields Hope for Science: Testing Mandate Is Expected to Increase Time for Subject

Autor/in	Cavanagh, Sean
Titel	Federal Rule Yields Hope for Science: Testing Mandate Is Expected to Increase Time for Subject
Quelle	In: Education Week, 27 (2007) 7, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Elementary Secondary Education; Federal Legislation; Educational Improvement; Testing; Science Teachers; Science Education; Science Instruction; Reading Tests; Mathematics Tests; Mathematics Achievement; Reading Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bundesrecht; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Lesetest; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Leseleistung
Abstract	Some proponents of science education say they have faced no greater foe over the past few years than federally mandated tests in reading and mathematics, which have forced teachers to devote increasingly bigger chunks of class time to building students' skills in those two subjects. But if testing has squeezed science out, can testing also bring science back? The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) is one of several organizations that are not content with the current status of science in NCLB. A number of scientific, education, and business groups are asking Congress, as it debates reauthorization of the law, to demand that states include science scores in judging whether schools make adequate yearly progress (AYP). The reauthorization bill contains a provision that would require states to test students once a year in science within three grade spans: 3-5, 6-9, and 10-12. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10