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Title: Implementing Curricular Change through State-Mandated Testing: Ethical Issues.
Language: English
Authors: Mathison, Sandra
Source: Journal of Curriculum and Supervision. Spr 1991 6(3):201-212.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 1991
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Ethics, Individual Differences, Program Implementation, Science Education, Standardized Tests, Student Needs, Testing Problems
Geographic Terms: New York
ISSN: 0882-1232
Abstract: Explores the ethical issues involved in using standardized tests to implement a state-level policy. Examines the fourth grade science program evaluation test administered in New York State for the first time in 1989. A utilitarian view of ethics ignores the consequences of testing for different constituents, obviates caring behavior, and damages students. (15 references) (MLH)
Entry Date: 1991
Accession Number: EJ425510
Database: ERIC
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