Title: To the Core: College Composition Classrooms in The Age of Accountability, Standardized Testing, and Common Core State Standards
Abstract: An explanation of the history of standardized tests in the US reveals the ways they have shifted from tools of articulation to tools of accountability not only in K–12 classrooms but also in higher education. Understanding the competing interests at play and the potential effects of the Common Core State Standards at the college level is crucial to reasserting assessment as a teaching and learning practice instead of a system of accountability.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-03-26
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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