Local Impact of State Testing in Southwest Washington

Creator

Linda Mabry
Jayne Poole
Linda Redmond
Angelia Schultz

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

July 2003

Abstract

A decade after implementation of a state testing and accountability mandate, teachers' practices and perspectives regarding their classroom assessments and their state's assessments of student achievement were documented in a study of 31 teachers in southwest Washington state. Against a background of national trends and standards of psychometric quality, the data were analyzed for teachers' beliefs and practices regarding classroom assessment and also regarding state assessment, commonalities and differences among teachers who taught at grade levels tested by the state and those who did not, teachers' views about the impact of state assessment on their students and their classrooms, and their views about whether state testing promoted educational improvement or reform as intended. ...

Extent

35

Geographic Location

Washington

Volume

11

Issue

22

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Note

Citation: Mabry, L., Poole, J., Redmond, L., Schultz, A. (July 18, 2003). Local impact of state testing in southwest Washington. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 11(21). Retrieved [date] from http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v11n22/.

Identifier

E11-00320

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Recommended Citation

Mabry, Linda; Poole, Jayne; Redmond, Linda; and Schultz, Angelia, "Local Impact of State Testing in Southwest Washington" (2003). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 461.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/461