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Author English, Fenwick W.

Title Deep curriculum alignment : creating a level playing field for all children on high-stakes tests of educational accountability / Fenwick W. English, Betty E. Steffy.

Publication Info. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 157 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Facing the Scourge of the Test Score Zeitgeist -- Culprits -- Some popular myths about tests -- The nature of curriculum alignment -- Understanding the Dynamics of the Playing Field -- The basic construct: the curriculum and the test -- The United States: one nation--except for a curriculum -- The genius of the norm-referenced standardized test: an exam that doesn't need a curriculum or political decisions to determine passing or mastery scores -- Understanding the forces that comprise the "playing field" -- The fallacy of "value added" measures: using test score gains to pay teachers -- The "teaching to the test" conundrum: what is ethical? -- Initiating Actions to Level the Competitive Playing Field -- Frontloading or backloading? -- Curriculum as organizational memory -- Where to start the alignment process? -- Steps in developing a frontloaded curriculum -- Engaging in Deep Curriculum Alignment -- The emerging research on curriculum alignment -- The Zellmer study -- The Price-Baugh study -- The Moss-Mitchell study -- The practice of pedagogical parallelism -- A step-by-step guide to pedagogical parallelism as the key to deep curriculum alignment -- Creating a Viable Alternative to Testing as Mass Inspection -- Problems with current forms of high-stakes accountability tests -- Positive trends in state assessment programs -- Re-asserting the primacy of curriculum in the testing debate -- The terrain of struggle: what does it mean to teach social justice? -- Colleges of education: solutions or problems?
Note Print version record.
Subject Curriculum planning -- United States.
Educational tests and measurements -- Social aspects -- United States.
Educational accountability -- United States.
EDUCATION -- Curricula.
Curriculum planning. (OCoLC)fst00885382
Educational accountability. (OCoLC)fst00903326
Educational tests and measurements -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00903684
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Author Steffy, Betty E.
Other Form: Print version: English, Fenwick W. Deep curriculum alignment. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000 0810839709 (DLC) 00051613 (OCoLC)45209123
ISBN 0585386374 (electronic bk.)
9780585386379 (electronic bk.)
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