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Print Article Page 1 of 14 A Year in the Life of an Elementary School: One Schools Experiences in Meeting New Mathematics Standards by Karen Dorgan — 2004 This 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 states 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†¦show more content†¦In addition, beginning with the high school graduating class of 2004, students are required to pass six SOL end-of-course tests to earn a diploma. Thus, for high school students, the SOL tests are appropriately referred to as highstakes tests. At the elem entary level, poor performance by an individual may result in retention or assignment to summer school, while poor performance at the building level may result in loss of accreditation (which would jeopardize the position of the building-level administrator). The focus of publicity about the Standards of Learning─ both as a curriculum framework and as an accountability http://www.tcrecord.org/PrintContent.asp?ContentID=11571 4/27/2006 Print Article Page 2 of 14 system─ is on results. And while this focus on results is understandable (see, e.g., Schmoker, 1999, 2001), it is also important to consider the means by which the ends are achieved. The questions emerged: What was the effect of a political decision─ to demand public school accountability─ on pedagogical decision making? How might the demands of a new testing program affect how teacher teach and how children are expected to learn? 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