Current shifts in policy would have to be broken down and focused upon when soliciting teacher attitudes and responses through the use of open-ended questionnaires. For example in the arena of increased school testing, teachers might be asked how they have changed their approaches and lesson plans to reflect the new legislation. Have the teachers felt pressure from parents and administer to 'teach to the test' to ensure that students succeed? Then, the study could ask overall how the teachers believed increased standardized testing had helped or hindered them in their pedagogical approaches, and if student learning had improved as a result of recent reforms.

districts and from urban as well as rural areas.

Asking open-ended questions with a focus on specific classroom techniques would curtail one of the frequent criticisms of qualita

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