Achieving high standards by starting from current performance

Geoff N Masters

Achieving high standards by starting from current performance

Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)

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Abstract

A commonly proposed strategy for raising achievement levels in schools is to specify high expectations or ‘standards’ of student performance and to hold students, teachers and schools accountable for achieving those standards. On the surface, it seems like an eminently sensible strategy. But is it?

Original language	English
Journal	Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters
Publication status	Published - 3 Nov 2014

Keywords

data analysis
educational objectives
knowledge base for teaching
long reads

Disciplines

Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research

Access to Document

https://research.acer.edu.au/columnists/2

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