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Download full textFinn, Chester E., Jr., Ed.; Petrilli, Michael J., Ed. – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2014
Children cannot be truly literate without knowing about history, science, art, music, literature, civics, geography, and more. Indeed, they cannot satisfactorily comprehend what they read unless they possess the background knowledge that makes such comprehension possible. Yet most American primary schools have been marching in the opposite…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Language Arts, Elementary Schools
PDF pending restorationNational Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Los Angeles, CA. – 1993
Four papers follow and document the progress of the Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing in understanding questions related to alternative assessment based on case studies in three elementary schools. The research questions include consideration of the logistical constraints that must be respected in developing…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques
