Chicago elementary teachers spent an estimated 155,464 hours preparing students for standardized tests in 1990-1991¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 1991 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · overdue for a recheck since 1994: local conditions change quickly

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Survey data from Chicago elementary teachers indicate that test preparation consumed an estimated 155,464 hours district-wide during 1990-1991, a cost the report frames as substantial. → Consortium on Chicago School Research 1991

Evidence¶

Consortium on Chicago School Research 1991¶

Consortium on Chicago School Research. (1991). Achieving School Reform in Chicago: What We Need To Know — A Research Agenda. Consortium on Chicago School Research. https://consortium.uchicago.edu/publications/achieving-school-reform-chicago-what-we-need-know

q2 · i? · qualitative · r1

Teacher survey data reported in Charting Reform: The Teachers' Turn, cited in the report's discussion of standardized testing burdens. The estimate aggregates teachers' reported test-preparation time across CPS elementary schools, described as equivalent to 720 complete school years of teacher time.

"The responses lead to a total estimate of 155,464 hours spent in test preparation in the CPS elementary schools during 1990-1991."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The share of CPS elementary teachers spending 12 or more hours on test preparation rose from 44 percent in 1991 to 64 percent in 1997 — related
• Between 1991 and 1994, elementary teachers' test-preparation time increased and responses converged toward moderate agreement on reform items — related