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Dessoff, Alan – District Administration, 2011
Administrators and teachers in several large districts nationwide have cheated on standardized tests to make achievement levels look better than they actually were. The offenses range from giving students advance answers to questions on standardized tests, to erasing and changing unsatisfactory answers. As a result of district and state…
Descriptors: School Districts, Teacher Behavior, School Administration, Administrator Behavior
Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2009
The phrase "no child left behind" has become a familiar expression in American education circles and in popular culture. The sentiment implied by these four words is noble. However, the effects of the top-down implementation of the high-stakes testing provisions of the law have been anything but salutary for public school children,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Attendance
Harwood, Paul G.; Asal, Victor – Praeger, 2007
Asal and Harwood explore how today's information technology is changing how teachers educate and are educated. Focusing on the United States, with useful insights from the classroom digital revolution in a few other places (the United Kingdom, Australia, and India), the authors investigate the impact of today's technologies on education--how they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Profiles, Internet, Educational Technology