Constraining Elementary Teachers' Work: Dilemmas and Paradoxes Created by State Mandated Testing

Creator

Sandra Mathison
Melissa Freeman

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

September 2003

Abstract

There are frequent reports of the challenges to teacher professionalism associated with high stakes and mandated testing (McNeil, 2000). So, we were not surprised in this year-long study of two elementary schools in upstate New York to hear teachers talk about the many ways the 4th grade tests in English Language Arts, Mathematics and Science undermine their ability to do their jobs with integrity. ...

Extent

23

Geographic Location

New York

Volume

11

Issue

34

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Mathison, S. and Freeman, M. (2003, September 24). Constraining Elementary Teachers' Work: Dilemmas and Paradoxes Created by State Mandated Testing. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 11(34). Retrieved [Date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v11n34/.

Identifier

E11-00332

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Recommended Citation

Mathison, Sandra and Freeman, Melissa, "Constraining Elementary Teachers' Work: Dilemmas and Paradoxes Created by State Mandated Testing" (2003). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 113.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/113