Not All Tests Are Created Equal: Parental Rights and Standardized Tests

Autor/inn/en	O'Brien, Jason; Winn, Russell; Currier, Kirsten
Titel	Not All Tests Are Created Equal: Parental Rights and Standardized Tests
Quelle	In: Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 17 (2014) 2, S.41-48 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1555-4589
DOI	10.1177/1555458914528911
Schlagwörter	Standardized Tests; Parent Rights; Parents; Computer Assisted Testing; Formative Evaluation; Reading Tests; Mathematics Tests; Parent Attitudes; Principals; Student Evaluation; Accountability; Superintendents; Elementary School Students; Court Litigation; Case Method (Teaching Technique); Alabama + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Elternrecht; Eltern; Lesetest; Elternverhalten; Principal; Schulleiter; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Verantwortung; Schulrat; Rechtsstreit; Case method; Fallmethode
Abstract	This case focuses on one parent's request to have his daughter exempted from district-mandated computer tests (called STAR Enterprise tests). These tests are administered several times per year as a formative assessment to gauge student achievement in the areas of reading and math. The parent was concerned that the district was spending too much time testing and not enough time teaching students. The principal of the school and the Director of Assessment and Accountability for the district had to determine whether a parent's wishes for his child superseded the mandate set forth by the State Department of Education with regard to gathering sufficient formative data to monitor and report student progress. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10