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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Testing Mandates"”.
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Student Perceptions Towards Mandated Assessments
This study examined student perceptions towards testing mandates. The specific purpose was to gain an understanding into the perceptions students have towards testing mandates and determine their perceived value in the areas of (1) Improvement, (2) External Attribution, (3) Affective Benefits, and …
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An Evolving Change in Public Schools: An Assessment of Teachers' and Administrators' Perceptions and Classroom Changes concerning High-Stakes Testing.
… changes in the curriculum caused by high-stakes testing mandates within 3 Southwest Virginia school systems to find best practices for instructional application in classrooms. This qualitative study was comprised of indepth interviews and observations with elementary school teachers and …
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Essays on Human Capital Investment
… exploit the exact timing of policy events (i.e., testing mandates, the opportunity for teachers to earn bonuses, the availability of homelessness prevention services) to identify their causal effects.
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The Hidden Hand: Systematic Oppression Cloaked as Education
… how attendance requirements, standardized testing mandates, parents’ rights, and schoolwide behavior systems are enacted and understood by educators, parents/guardians, and students. Data was gathered in a qualitative case study using purposive sampling. Sources included semi-structured …
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Inherit the Policy: A Sociocultural Approach to Understanding Evolutionary Biology Policy In South Carolina
… as they navigate conflicting messages between testing mandates and evolutionary biology policy. There indeed exist gaps between how evolutionary biology policy in South Carolina is conceptualized and understood at the different levels of the policy process. Evidence from this study suggests …
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Teaching Evolution: A Heuristic Study of Personal and Cultural Dissonance
… standards and No Child Left Behind high-stakes testing mandates. Five common themes emerged. Standards have increased the overall amount of evolution that is taught. High-stakes testing has decreased the depth at which evolution is taught. Teacher belief systems strongly influence how evolution …
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Beyond "English language learner": Second language writers, academic literacy, and issues of identity in the United States high school
… administrative pressures to meet federal/state testing mandates, by a lack of teacher training in second language writing, and by the limited amount of classtime that was dedicated to discussions on writing and rhetorical analysis. As a result, students had limited exposure to advanced academic …