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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: NCLB Leaves Gifted Students Behind
Yes, there is a soft bigotry of low expectations and it has hard consequences, no matter what direction it comes from. The "low order" thinking skills that purportedly dominate state tests are proving to be mightly challenging for many students, including students who are "high achievers" by other measures. Art -----Original Message----- From: PRISCILLA GUTIERREZ <pgutpgut@msn.com> To: arn-l@interversity.org Sent: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 6:44 am Subject: Re: [arn-l] NCLB Leaves Gifted Students Behind One thing that irked me was the comment that schools are focused on mundane, basic skills on account of their low-achievers. This makes it seem like only high-achievers are capable of thinking skills and are worthy of more diverse approaches to teaching, and that these "low-achievers" are the root cause of problems in schools confronted with NCLB. The fact of the matter is that schools focus on teaching test content, which mainly contains low order thinking skills. = ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com
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