When Vision, Not Test Scores, Sets School Priorities.

Youngerman, Nan

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ERIC Number: EJ640718

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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When Vision, Not Test Scores, Sets School Priorities.

Youngerman, Nan

Language Arts, v79 n3 p226-28 Jan 2002

Questions if it is possible that any place still exists without pressure to teach to the test. Describes one school district that has been able to do so by creating a vision that allows educators to work as professionals. (SG)

Descriptors: Grade 6, Intermediate Grades, Politics of Education, Professional Development, Standardized Tests, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Theme: "Teaching (blank) the Test--a. to, b. about, c. against, d. all of the above."