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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] can anyone offer references?
I've been contacted by a professor who is writing a paper on high stakes testing and state imposed standards. She is new to this particular game. I have given her some references but wonder if others have suggestions for her. She needs references to support the following two statements. Please feel free to respond off list. Mickey > There already is some evidence that staff feel threatened and stressed by > state standards, while students report being demoralized (refs. XX). **How about the study of the kids' drawings? Many of the standards being imposed on students are not rooted in curriculum research, > nor even field-tested (refs. XX). >
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