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Volante, Louis – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2004
Teachers typically receive the brunt of the criticism for poor performance on large-scale standardized tests. In order to stave off this criticism, some teachers have begun to provide instruction that utilizes actual or cloned items from these high-stakes tests. Such teaching to the test rarely helps learning and has a detrimental effect on the…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Standardized Tests, High Stakes Tests, Criticism