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A Year in the Life of an Elementary School: One School's Experiences in Meeting New Mathematics Standards by Karen Dorgan — 2004This qualitative research project studied the efforts of a small public elementary school over the course of 1 academic year to meet higher standards imposed by the state. The state's department of education defined school success in terms of the percentage of students passing a set of multiple-choice, standardized tests in four core areas of the curriculum. The study looked particularly at strategies the school applied in an attempt to raise students' mathematics test scores. Interviews, classroom observations, and document analysis were used to analyze the effects of new standards and the accompanying testing program on teachers. The project showed the effects of the state testing program on classroom practices, both positive and negative, and it raised questions for further study.To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Karen Dorgan
Mary Baldwin College
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KAREN DORGAN is an associate professor of education at Mary Baldwin
College. Her research interests include the curriculum change process,
elementary teachers’ and students’ understanding of fractions, and how
textbooks approach instruction about fractions. Her publications include
‘‘Addressing Prospective Elementary Teachers’ Beliefs About the Nature of
Mathematics,’’ in Journal of Mathematics and Science, and ‘‘What Textbooks
Offer for Instruction in Fraction Concepts,’’in Teaching Children Mathematics.
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