Science Notes - Standardized Tests Negatively Impact Classroom Instruction

Authors

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Researchers from Boston College recently completed a three year, 1 million-dollar study sponsored by the National Science Foundation. They confirmed the belief that most standardized and textbook tests emphasize low-level thinking and knowledge and that they exert a profound, mostly negative effect on classroom instruction.

Publication Date

Winter 1992-93

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

29

Issue

3

First Page

21

Last Page

21

Copyright

© Copyright 1992 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

(1992) "Science Notes - Standardized Tests Negatively Impact Classroom Instruction," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 29: No. 3, Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol29/iss3/10