Are Agriculture Teachers Teaching to the Test? The Use of Test Item Banks in North Carolina Agricultural Education Classrooms

Autor/inn/en	Morgan, Joy; Wilson, Elizabeth; Flowers, Jim; Jayaratne, K.S.U.; Smith, James
Titel	Are Agriculture Teachers Teaching to the Test? The Use of Test Item Banks in North Carolina Agricultural Education Classrooms
Quelle	In: Career and Technical Education Research, 43 (2018) 3, S.275-290 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1554-754X
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Education; Vocational Education Teachers; Item Banks; Standardized Tests; Formative Evaluation; Summative Evaluation; Teacher Motivation; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Ausbilder; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test
Abstract	With current education reforms, teachers feel pressure to educate students who can successfully perform on standardized tests. To help prepare students, many teachers access test item banks that contain questions similar to those on the standardized tests. A census study investigated the extent North Carolina agriculture education teachers used test item bank questions on both formative and summative assessments, the internal and external motivating factors that influenced test item bank usage, and their perceptions regarding the test item bank. Findings showed that test item bank questions are overly used on both formative and summative assessments for a variety of reasons. Both internal and external factors influenced teachers' use of test item bank questions on assessments. Overall, teachers have a positive viewpoint regarding the use of test item banks in the classroom setting; however, did not have a positive viewpoint of the CTE Post Assessment. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Association for Career and Technical Education Research. Web site: http://acteronline.org/publications/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01