Can high stakes national testing improve instruction: Reexamining conventional wisdom

International Journal of Educational Development

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 457-474

  Chapman, David W ^a   Snyder Jr , Conrad Wesley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Educational policy; School improvement; Testing

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; TEACHING; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 0033781972     PISSN: 07380593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-0593(00)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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