The Case for Curriculum-Based, External Examinations That Have Significant Consequences for Students

Author/s: 
Paul Peterson
Year of publication: 
2007
Publication: 
Peabody Journal of Education
Volumne/Issue: 
82(4)
Pages: 
645-666

State-mandated systems of comprehensive examinations to be taken prior to high school graduation would focus the attention of students in high school, motivate them to higher levels of performance, provide guidance to teachers as to the appropriate material to be covered, and reduce antieducational pressures within peer groups, all of whose members would share a common objective.