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Collins, Sue; Reiss, Michael; Stobart, Gordon – Education in Science, 2009
In this article, the authors describe a research project designed to explore the effects of science testing in Year 6 (age 11) in England and implications of the abolition of testing in Wales since 2004. The research was commissioned by the Welcome Trust in association with the ASE to inform representation to the House of Commons Select Committee…
Descriptors: Test Results, Investigations, Testing, Foreign Countries
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Belfield, Clive R.; Levin, Henry M. – Economics of Education Review, 2004
This paper estimates the effect of a state-imposed curriculum mandate on the academic achievement of US public school students. By 1998, 14 states across the US had mandates that high school students should take an economics course. For these states, the proportions of public schools students taking high school economics was around twice that of…
Descriptors: Economics Education, Compulsory Education, Public Education, Secondary School Curriculum