Publications & Resources

The Role of Testing in Elementary Schools

May 1991

Mary Lee Smith, Carole Edelsky, Kelly Draper, Claire Rottenberg and Meredith Cherland

The goal of the study in this report was to understand the role that external testing plays in elementary schools by intensively examining testing activities in two schools.

Smith, M. L., Edelsky, C., Draper, K., Rottenberg, C., & Cherland, M. (1991). The role of testing in elementary schools (CSE Report 321). Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST).