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Gangi, Jane M.; Reilly, Mary Ann – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2013
The authors question the answer the national Common Core State Standards (CCSS, 2010) claims. The questions center on the validity of the new standardized tests based on the CCSS and teachers' evaluations being tied to student test scores on flawed tests. The proposed tests on the CCSS will position children as deficient, and will not recognize…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Test Validity, Comparative Education
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Karkkainen, Riitta; Raty, Hannu; Kasanen, Kati – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2011
This study set out to examine parents' perceptions of the malleability of their child's academic competencies. A total of 97 mothers and fathers were asked to rate their child's potential for improving her/his competencies in mathematics and Finnish, using both intrapersonal and interpersonal criteria in their ratings. These two criteria were…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Academic Ability, Finno Ugric Languages, Mathematics Skills