All that glitters is not gold: curriculum alignment and improving students' test scores

• Main Authors: Ghorbani, Mohammad Reza, Abd. Samad, Arshad, Hamzah, Mohd Sahandri Gani, Noordin, Nooreen
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: University of Zanjan, Iran 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12987/1/All%20that%20glitters%20is%20not%20gold%20curriculum%20alignment%20and%20improving%20students%27%20test%20scores.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12987/; http://www.ijls.net/pages/volume/vol2no1.html

Due to the centralized educational system in Iran, high school principals have directed English teachers to raise their students' achievement test scores so that they will look good on their school report card. Test scores provide the only benchmark against which the students' progress at...