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Interversity Quotes"I think it's time to ask the Standardistos: Where's the test for compassion? For honesty? For curiosity? For moral commitment? Until they can answer, let's tell them to shut up." —Susan Ohanian (One Size Fits Few: The Folly of Educational Standards) Interversity ProjectsEchoes of Orwell:The purpose of this webforum is to promote a lively discussion among students and faculty alike about George Orwell's 1984 and the parallels or echoes found in today's society. |
[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: David Marshak on NCLB-- Seattle Times
In a message dated 2/8/2004 6:06:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, Jedoyon@aol.com writes: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2001853018_marshak08.html Sunday, February 08, 2004 Guest columnist No Child Left Behind: Test-obsessed education won't move us ahead By David Marshak Special to The Times But far from being an implement of reform, the intense focus on standardized testing, on which No Child Left Behind relies, tethers schools to the industrial model of education devised during the first two decades of the 20th century. __________________________________ Even if it were true that NCLB embraces too much testing or the wrong kind of testing, it does not at all follow that NCLB ties schools to any particular model of education. NCLB does, in fact, leave organizational, curricular, and instructional decisions completely up to states, districts, and schools. Art
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