The Case That Won't Go Away: Beseiged Institutions and the Massachusetts Teacher Tests

Creator

Larry H. Ludlow
Dennis Shirley
Camelia Rosca

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

December 2002

Abstract

Teacher testing was inaugurated in Massachusetts in 1998 and a 59% failure rate among test-takers led to public shaming of the teacher candidates and their colleges and universities in the media. Within a two-year time period, low-performing teacher education programs in Massachusetts initiated a wide range of test preparatory activities which led to a dramatic increase in their students' pass rates. The authors separate colleges and universities into three categories and examine their differentiated responses to teacher testing. Their finding that institutions of higher education have responded effectively to teacher testing does not preclude critique of teacher testing as currently practiced in Massachusetts.

Extent

18

Geographic Location

Massachusetts

Volume

10

Issue

50

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Ludlow, L., Shirley, D., Rosca, C. (2002, December 12). The case that won't go away: Besieged institutions and the Massachusetts teacher tests, Education Policy Analysis Archives, 10(50). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v10n50/.

Identifier

E11-00298

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Recommended Citation

Ludlow, Larry H.; Shirley, Dennis; and Rosca, Camelia, "The Case That Won't Go Away: Beseiged Institutions and the Massachusetts Teacher Tests" (2002). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 439.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/439