Meanings of Test Preparation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8222010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Lee Smith (Arizona State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 521 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Educational Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8312 • E-ISSN: 1935-1011 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1163147 |
| OpenAlex | W4250014574 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 29 |
From a qualitative study of the role of external testing in elementary schools, a typology of meanings of test preparation was constructed. Based on long-term, intensive observation and interaction with two elementary schools and the analysis of clinical interviews, we found eight types of orientation toward preparing pupils to take mandated, high-stakes achievement tests. These included (a) ordinary curriculum with no special preparation, (b) teaching test-taking skills, (c) exhortation, (d) teaching content known to be covered by the test, (e) teaching to the test in format and content, (f) stress inoculation, (g) practicing test or parallel test items, and (h) cheating. Meanings of teachers are contrasted with meanings of test preparation held by school administrators, testing experts, and school critics. The structure of meanings is analyzed with some concepts of micropolitics
Cheating · Content analysis · Curriculum · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Qualitative research · Sociology · Test (biology · Test preparation · Typology · Psychology · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing · Social Psychology · Student Assessment and Feedback · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Tests of English Language as significant thresholds for college-bound Chinese and the washback of test-preparation
Les évaluations externes à faibles enjeux
Processes and effects of test preparation for writing tasks in a high-stakes admission test in China
Combining internal and external evaluation
Teacher Commitment, Working Conditions, and Differential Incentive Policies
Does the English Test in the Spanish University Entrance Examination Influence the Teaching of English
I’ ll be a nothing’
Validity and Accountability in High-Stakes Testing
Stakeholders’ conflicting aims undermine the washback function of a high-stakes test
The contradictory culture of teacher-based assessment
Toefl preparation courses
The Unintended, Pernicious Consequences of "Staying the Course" on the United States' No Child Left Behind Policy
Who pays for standardised testing? A cost-benefit study of mandated testing in three Queensland secondary schools
Testing and Student Engagement with Literature in Urban Classrooms
Evaluating Schools Infused with Technology
Assessment for Measurement or Standards
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,85 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2021 (30) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |