Examination of Secondary Social Studies Teacher Support and Curricular Control in Testing and Nontesting States

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Abstract

This paper looks beyond the impacts of high-stakes testing on pedagogy at perceived impacts on the ways social studies is being affected by high-stakes testing related to teachers’ decision making and academic freedom. We compared secondary social studies teachers’ perceived degree of administrative support and curricular control in tested and non-tested states and found that in tested states, teachers perceive significantly more administrative support and significantly less curricular control.

Authors

• Nancy C. Patterson, Bowling Green State University

• Sherri L. Horner, Bowling Green State University

• Prentice T. Chandler, University of Cincinnati

• Robert Lawrence Dahlgren, SUNY - College at Fredonia