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epaa-281	Cimbricz, Sandra	State-Mandated Testing and Teachers' Beliefs and Practice	2002	21	.pdf	application/pdf	10214	412	52	Moreover: Participants reported a reluctance to use innovative instructional strategies (e.g., whole language approach, cooperative learning, high order thinking activities) and mentioned the use of more traditional instructional methods (e.g., lecture, recitation) due to the belief that these strategies would better prepare students for state tests. Drawing on the same data from his earlier 1992 study, Brown (1993) indicates that teachers reported feeling confused about the purposes of state-mandated testing, perceived themselves as powerless in the face of state-mandated testing policy, mistrusted state education departments and state legislators, questioned the effectiveness of the tests in evaluating student achievement, expressed concern that the test results were overemphasized by those mainly outside the profession (e.g., parents, the media), and did not consider state tests to be an accurate measure of student learning or school accountability.	cache/epaa-281.pdf	txt/epaa-281.txt