Hands-On Pedagogy Versus Hands-Off Accountability: Tensions Between Competing Commitments for Exemplary Math Teachers in Kentucky.

Elliott, Rebekah; Borko, Hilda

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Publication Date: 1999

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Hands-On Pedagogy Versus Hands-Off Accountability: Tensions Between Competing Commitments for Exemplary Math Teachers in Kentucky.

Elliott, Rebekah; Borko, Hilda

Phi Delta Kappan, v80 n5 p394-400 Jan 1999

Describes experiences of two elementary math teachers, whose dynamic, hands-on teaching techniques were at odds with components of the Kentucky Instructional Results Information System (KIRIS). Despite these teachers' successful efforts, the new Commonwealth Accountability and Testing System (CATS) replacing KIRIS will not contain portfolios. (12 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Accountability, Discovery Learning, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Grade 5, Mathematics Teachers, Portfolio Assessment, Problem Solving, Program Implementation, Standardized Tests, State Legislation, Testing Problems

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Kentucky Education Reform Act 1990

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