ERIC Number: EJ780960
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Dec
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
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Five Ways to Prepare for Standardized Tests without Sacrificing Best Practice
Hollingworth, Liz
Reading Teacher, v61 n4 p339-342 Dec 2007
What can teachers do in their classrooms to help students prepare for a high-stakes, standardized, multiple-choice reading test without sacrificing what they know to be best practice? Decreasing class sizes or other solutions that require substantial changes in school finance are not usually realistic options. This article outlines five suggestions for practicing teachers to improve the reading test scores of their students without making drastic changes to how they already teach.
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Standardized Tests, Academic Achievement, Educational Change, High Stakes Tests, Test Wiseness, Scores, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Academic Standards, Educational Indicators, Federal Programs, Formative Evaluation, Educational Testing, Test Validity, Relevance (Education)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001
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