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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] a discussion on student text boycott in Bronx
ASCD circulated a news story about the test boycott in the Bronx (actually a 3-hr 'practice' test used by the test company to try out new items). They posed a few questions and asked for reader responses. I found many quite disheartening - for many respondents, an unwillingness to believe students can act on their own; and perhaps more common, a belief that students should not challenge authority in such a manner. There are also supporters of the students. People may want to read this thread to get a sense of the thinking going on about issues such as student test boycotts. It is hardly a scientific sample, at most a few dozen responses - but worth a bit of pondering. The first page of the blog responses is at http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/students-in-s-b.html and when those responses end you can click to the second page, tho your opportunity to reply will be visible at the bottom of the first page. Monty Monty Neill, Ed.D. Deputy Director FairTest 342 Broadway Cambridge, MA 02139 617-864-4810 x 101; fax 617-497-2224 monty@fairtest.org http://www.fairtest.org Donate: https://secure.entango.com/servlet/donate/MnrXjT8MQqk
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