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Peer reviewedLeitzel, Thomas C.; Vogler, Daniel E. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1997
Discusses platform unity, or aligning curriculum content with appropriate test types. Presents findings from a survey of 30 Virginia community college faculty, indicating that the faculty did not plan and test content congruently, tended to overtest content, and were effective but not efficient in test selection. (25 citations) (AJL)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Download full textPorter, Andrew C. – 1978
The educational accountability movement is changing the teacher's role in curriculum development from that of autonomous decision maker to agent of public school policy makers. To assess teacher reactions to factors influencing their autonomy, 75 teachers were exposed to pressures to change the content of fourth grade mathematics instruction in a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Achievement Tests, Content Analysis, Curriculum
