Rethinking "High Stakes": Lessons from the United States and England and Wales

Some of the six themes about high stakes testing, based on English, Welsh, and American research, include: not all stakes are perceived as equally high; pressure to respond to tests comes from more than formal stakes; external pressure is useful for changing content taught; and external pressure is...

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Published inTeachers College record (1970) Vol. 102; no. 4; p. 724
Main Authors Firestone, William A, Mayrowetz, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.08.2000
Subjects
Educational Policy
Educational Testing
Elementary Secondary Education
England
Evaluation Methods
Excellence in Education
Foreign Countries
High Stakes Tests
Performance Based Assessment
State Standards
Student Evaluation
Wales
United Kingdom (Wales)
United Kingdom (England)
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Summary:Some of the six themes about high stakes testing, based on English, Welsh, and American research, include: not all stakes are perceived as equally high; pressure to respond to tests comes from more than formal stakes; external pressure is useful for changing content taught; and external pressure is less effective in changing instructional strategy than content taught. (SM)
ISSN:0161-4681
DOI:10.1111/0161-4681.00075