Limiting the Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing

Autor/in	Yeh, Stuart S.
Titel	Limiting the Unintended Consequences of High-Stakes Testing
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 13 (2005) 43, (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Testing; High Stakes Tests; Test Construction; Interviews; Teacher Attitudes; Administrator Attitudes; State Standards; Curriculum; Educational Objectives; Critical Thinking; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testdurchführung; Testen; Testaufbau; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lehrerverhalten; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Kritisches Denken
Abstract	Interviews with 61 teachers and administrators in 4 Minnesota school districts suggest that, in their judgment, Minnesota's state-mandated tests were well-aligned with curricular priorities and teachers' instructional goals, emphasizing critical thinking as well as competencies needed to pass the Basic Standards exit exam, and avoiding the type of recall item that would require drill and memorization. This result, in combination with a survey showing that 85 percent of Minnesota teachers support the exit exam, suggests that Minnesota has been unusually successful in designing a high stakes testing system that has garnered teacher support. The success of Minnesota's model suggests that unintended narrowing of the curriculum due to high stakes testing may be avoided if pressure on teachers to narrow the curriculum is reduced through well-designed, well-aligned exams. (Contains 2 footnotes and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10