Old and New Beliefs about Measurement-Driven Reform: "Build it and they will Come"
- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Educational Policy
- Vol. 8 (2) , 111-136
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0895904894008002002
Abstract
Recent incorporation of a performance assessment in Arizona's test mandate provided an opportunity to examine the assumptions and beliefs underlying measurement-driven reform. We argue that recent attempts to meld cognitive-constructivist beliefs about pupil learning and assessment contradict behaviorist beliefs about changing teachers and reforming schools. Data that illustrate this argument are drawn from a study that examined the interplay of policymaking and implementation, and practitioner response.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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