State-Mandated Accountability as a Constraint on Teaching and Learning Science.

Wood, Terry

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ERIC Number: EJ382864

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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State-Mandated Accountability as a Constraint on Teaching and Learning Science.

Wood, Terry

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v25 n8 p631-41 Nov 1988

Examines the effect of state-mandated policy, emphasizing control through performance-based instruction and student test scores as the basis for determining school accreditation, and the teaching and learning of science. Indicates that the state-mandated policy has some unexpected and negative results on teacher behavior. (Author/YP)

Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Evaluation, Policy, Political Influences, Science Education, Science Supervision, Science Teachers, Secondary Education, Secondary School Science, State Standards, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Response

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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