Re: Rigorous

[William Cala <wcala@ROCHESTER.RR.COM>]

Juanita,

I think you will find some interesting statistics on increased testing and
increased schoolhouse violence, but no cause/effect relationships have been
established (in any studies I have seen).  Common sense leads us to believe
that a relationship exists.

Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Juanita Doyon" <Jedoyon@AOL.COM>
To: <ARN-L@listsrva.CUA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: Rigorous


> I came across another pontification in one of the slick Partnership for
> Learning pamphlets:  WASL gives us "concrete" picture of how our schools
are
> doing.  Do we want our schools to be concrete?  Do we want concrete
answers?
> I used it in my talk this morning, saying we'd WASL is a brick wall for
our
> kids to slam into.
>
> One more question I really couldn't answer-- Has any study been done on
the
> violence in schools and whether it increases with the implementation of
> testing pressure cooker status?
>
> Juanita
>
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