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The Changing Roles of Teachers in an Era of High-Stakes Accountability

University of Maryland

Daria Buese

McDaniel College

This article examines the impact of federal, state, and local policies on the roles that elementary school teachers are asked to assume inside and outside the classroom. Through a detailed analysis of changes in teacher tasks over a 4-year period, the authors determined that role expectations increased, intensified, and expanded in four areas: instructional, institutional, collaborative, and learning. These changes had unanticipated, and often negative, consequences for teachers’ relationships with students, pedagogy, and sense of professional well-being. The authors use one policy directive, differentiated instruction, to illustrate the complexity of role demands currently made of teachers, and they draw implications for policy and research.

Key Words: differentiated instruction • expansion • high-stakes accountability • intensification • teaching practice • teacher roles

American Educational Research Journal, Vol. 44, No. 3, 519-558 (2007)
DOI: 10.3102/0002831207306859


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