Teaching in the Time of Testing: What Have You Lost?.

McCracken, Nancy Mellin; McCracken, Hugh Thomas

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ERIC Number: EJ632273

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Teaching in the Time of Testing: What Have You Lost?

McCracken, Nancy Mellin; McCracken, Hugh Thomas

English Journal, v91 n1 p30-35 Sep 2001

Asks several teachers what they have lost from their teaching or their classroom since the growth in mandated, standardized testing. Considers the ill effects of mandated testing, and names some educational essentials at risk of being lost while testing rules. Discusses what is lost in high-stakes multiple-choice testing of new teachers. (SG)

Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Higher Education, Preservice Teachers, Secondary Education, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation, Teacher Attitudes, Test Validity, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Special Issue: Assessing Ourselves to Death.