Teaching to the Test?: Test Preparation in the Reading Workshop.

Santman, Donna

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ERIC Number: EJ640715

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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Teaching to the Test?: Test Preparation in the Reading Workshop.

Santman, Donna

Language Arts, v79 n3 p203-11 Jan 2002

Describes how the author prepares students for the test using genre study and problem-solving strategies. Notes how she struggles with questions about the role that tests play in schools and in children's lives. Notes the importance of teaching students how to take the test, but recognizes it has become more important to help them understand the injustices of standardized testing. (SG)

Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Problem Solving, Reading Instruction, Standardized Tests, Test Wiseness, Testing, Testing Problems

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

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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."