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A Moral Revisioning of Resistance |
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| Authors: | Lori Olafson James C Field |
| Institution: | 1. Leadership, Policy and Adult and Higher Education , North Carolina State University , Raleigh , North Carolina , USA;2. Reedy Creek Middle School , Raleigh , North Carolina , USA |
| Abstract: | Recent educational accountability efforts have married student assessments with reform mandates and sanctions. As a result, students—beginning in early elementary grades—are feeling the pressures of this new era of high-stakes accountability. This article chronicles a story of the consequences of high-stakes testing on a father and his son. |
| Keywords: | assessment elementary education evaluation measurement political aspects/governmental influence testing |