Document Type
Report
Publication Date
4-17-2009
Series Title
Arkansas Education Report
Series Number
Volume 6, Issue 1
Keywords
Testing skills; Teaching to the test skills; Rote memorization
Abstract
Arkansas’s state standardized tests have changed over the past few years. Since the ACTAAP legislation of 1999, Arkansas students have taken criterion-referenced Benchmark Tests based on the state’s curricular standards along with national norm-referenced exams each year. Prior to 2004, students in grades 4, 6, and 8 were administered the Benchmark tests in Mathematics and in English Language Arts. Starting in 2005, the odd-numbered grades were added so that students in grades 3-8 took the week-long Benchmark tests, in accordance with the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind act.
Citation
Buck, S., & Ritter, G. W. (2009). Putting "Teaching to the Test" to the Test: Is This Really a Problem in Arkansas?. Arkansas Education Reports. Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/oepreport/44
