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Direct linkRichele Bailey Langley – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This mixed methods study of explanatory sequential design researching two elementary and two middle school campuses will present information on the amount of instructional time allotted to social studies in Texas schools and whether integrating social studies instruction with another subject, is feasible and produces positive assessment results.…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
Download full textCocke, Erin F.; Buckley, Jack; Scott, Marc A. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
There is much debate over the impact of high stakes testing as well as a growing body of research focused on both the intended and unintended consequences of these tests. One claim of both the popular media and education researchers is that high stakes tests have led to curricular narrowing--the idea that school time is increasingly allocated to…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Accountability, Context Effect, Teacher Behavior
Wills, John S.; Sandholtz, Judith Haymore – Teachers College Record, 2009
Background/Context: In response to state-level test-based accountability and the federal No Child Left Behind Act, school administrators increasingly view centralized curriculum and prescribed instructional strategies as the most direct means of increasing student performance. This movement toward standardization reduces teachers' autonomy and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Professional Autonomy, Federal Legislation, Observation
Peer reviewedBroyles, Randall L. – Social Education, 1973
A one-year pilot project was designed as the model for a State Career Education Instructional System. Featured were a summer workshop, inservice education, and development of prototype instructional units. Career Economics was chosen to serve as a nucleus of the career education approach. (KM)
Descriptors: Accountability, Career Education, Curriculum Design, Economics
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This document presents, in tabular form, results for the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations for grade 4, spring 2000 (the 1999-2000 school year). Results are presented for the state's total fourth grade population eligible to be tested and for each school district and school in Wisconsin. Test results are reported for reading, language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This document presents, in tabular form, results for the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations for grade 8, spring 2000 (the 1999-2000 school year). Results are presented for the state' s total eighth grade population eligible to be tested and for each school district and school in Wisconsin. Test results are reported for reading, language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Grade 8
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 2000
This document presents, in tabular form, results for the Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examinations for grade 10, spring 2000 (the 1999-2000 school year). Results are presented for the state's total tenth grade population eligible to be tested and for each school district and school in Wisconsin. Test results are reported for reading, language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Grade 10
Hawke, Sharryl; And Others – 1975
The survey reported in this document was undertaken by ERIC/ChESS in the fall of 1973 to see how social studies fits into state accountability activities. The information obtained from the nationwide survey of state departments of education revealed social studies activity in accountability to be quite limited; therefore, general accountability…
Descriptors: Accountability, Annotated Bibliographies, Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis
Delaware State Dept. of Public Instruction, Dover. Div. of Research, Planning, and Evaluation. – 1975
This report presents specific educational objectives for grades K-8 in Delaware's public schools. The objectives evolved from nine major goals for education adopted by the State board of education in the spring of 1972. Specific objectives for each subject area were developed by task forces made up of teachers, supervisors, and administrators from…
Descriptors: Accountability, Communication Skills, Cooperative Planning, Coordination
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1996
Oregon is raising its expectations for students. The current academic standard, which allows students to graduate with only a D-minus average in 22 credit hours of classes, is being replaced by the requirement that students prove that they are proficient in English, mathematics, science, history, and other academic subjects. Students will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Benchmarking
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1996
Oregon is raising its expectations for students. The current academic standard, which allows students to graduate with only a D-minus average in 22 credit hours of classes, is being replaced by the requirement that students prove that they are proficient in English, mathematics, science, history, and other academic subjects. Students will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Art Education
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1996
Oregon is raising its expectations for students. The current academic standard, which allows students to graduate with only a D-minus average in 22 credit hours of classes, is being replaced by the requirement that students prove that they are proficient in English, mathematics, science, history, and other academic subjects. Students will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Benchmarking
Grant, S. G., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2006
Measuring History complements the cases presented in Wise Social Studies Practices (Yeager & Davis, 2005). Yeager and Davis highlight the rich and ambitious teaching that can occur in the broad context of state-level testing. In this book, the chapter authors and I bring the particular state history tests more to the fore and examine how…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, High Stakes Tests, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1996
Oregon is raising its expectations for students. The current academic standard, which allows students to graduate with only a D-minus average in 22 credit hours of classes, is being replaced by the requirement that students prove that they are proficient in English, mathematics, science, history, and other academic subjects. Students will…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Benchmarking
