Research Says…/High-Stakes Testing Narrows the Curriculum

Autor/in	David, Jane L.
Titel	Research Says…/High-Stakes Testing Narrows the Curriculum
Quelle	In: Educational Leadership, 68 (2011) 6, S.78-80 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1784
Schlagwörter	Scores; High Stakes Tests; Standardized Tests; Accountability; State Standards; Academic Achievement; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Curriculum Development; Elementary Schools; Testing; Common Core State Standards; Test Construction; Achievement Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Verantwortung; Schulleistung; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Testdurchführung; Testen; Common core curriculum; Kerncurriculum; Testaufbau; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung
Abstract	The current rationale for standards-based reform goes like this: If standards are demanding and tests accurately measure achievement of those standards, then curriculum and instruction will become richer and more rigorous. By attaching serious consequences to schools that fail to increase test scores, U.S. policymakers believe that educators will be motivated to pay attention to what is on the tests. Educators do pay attention to what is on the tests--but the consequences are not necessarily the intended ones. Research in the last few decades documents that state testing can significantly affect curriculum and instruction. High-stakes testing will likely remain the coin of the realm for the foreseeable future. In fact, if test scores are used to evaluate individual teachers, the stakes will increase even more. The challenge, then, is to ensure that state tests do not continue to distort the curriculum in ways that deprive students of meaningful learning. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2018/2/04