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Hello: The following article was sent to you from http://timesunion.com by Kevin D. Vinson (KVinson@u.arizona.edu). Hi all: Thought you might be interested in this op-ed by Wayne Ross and me that appeared in today's Albany Times Union. Any of you in the Long Island area can also catch us being interviewed tomorrow night at 10:30 ET on WHPC 90.3 FM. See ya, Kevin Kevin D. Vinson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Teaching and Teacher Education College of Education P.O. Box 210069 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0069 Tel: 520-626-7331 Fax: 520-621-7877 E-Mail: KVinson@u.arizona.edu ------------------------------------------------ Failing grade for testing Focus of education needs to be on learning, not the results of exams by: E. WAYNE ROSS and KEVIN D. VINSON Special to the Times Union Bipartisanship in Washington is not always a good thing. Take, for example, recent proposals to redefine the federal government's role in education. Although nearly identical and potentially 'bipartisan,'' save for the President's support for school vouchers, George W. Bush's 'No Child Left Behind'' and the Democratic Leadership Council's 'Three R's'' plans contain elements that place public education at risk. Both plans would streamline national education priorities by reducing duplicative programs and bureaucracy. And both plans would provide states with more flexibility by freeing them from certain requirements in return for submitting to performance agreements that reward improvements and penalize states and districts that fail to improve. But the heart of both proposals is an accountability system that pegs federal funding to test scores and threatens quality public education. To read the rest of the article, go to: http://timesunion.com/ss.asp?s=52701&c=O To visit the site's homepage, go to http://timesunion.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the ARN-L list, send command SIGNOFF ARN-L to LISTSERV@LISTS.CUA.EDU.
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