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Whitney, Linda – Social Studies Review, 1994
Contends that understanding history is more than remembering isolated facts: it involves interpreting, hypothesizing, and evaluating. Provides recommendations for preparing elementary students for the California Learning Assessment System (CLAS). (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Testing

Hansen, Bobbi; Higby, Karen – Social Studies Review, 1994
Presents a classroom teacher's experiences in preparing a fifth-grade class for the California Learning Assessment System (CLAS) test. Discusses an integrated curriculum approach, disagreements between teacher associations and the state department of education, and student and parent attitudes toward the test. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Educational Testing