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Assessing Student Achievement The Right Way: A Study Of Practicing Teachers, James Williams
Assessing Student Achievement The Right Way: A Study Of Practicing Teachers, James Williams
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
The purpose of this study was to determine the opinions of practicing teachers in the state of Georgia regarding the most important assessment practices in K-12 public schools. In addition, the study was conducted to provide findings to enhance assessment of student achievement practices in Georgia’s K-12 public schools. Finally, the study was conducted to provide a basis for further research in the area of determining the most effective assessment of student achievement practices in Georgia’s K-12 public schools.
Pssa Panic And Paranoia: Effects On Student Teachers, Linda Dessoye
Pssa Panic And Paranoia: Effects On Student Teachers, Linda Dessoye
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
It has been several years since the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was renamed the No Child Left Behind Act. In this major expansion of the federal role in education, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 required annual testing, specified a method for judging school effectiveness, set a timeline for progress, and established specific consequences in the case of failure (Wenning, 2003). The Washington Post referred to it as the “broadest rewriting of federal education policy in decades”(Milbank, 2002). The effects of the overwhelming pressure to perform well on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) …