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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: More Fallout from the Testing Explosion
In a message dated 10/26/2006 9:46:26 AM Pacific Standard Time, pgutpgut@msn.com writes: ...students who cannot identify nonsense words, sounds, or letters fast enough are labeled at risk and given intensive phonics instruction even if they already know how to read. Hours of daily instruction in reading are geared towards getting children to bark out sounds and words as fast as they can because so much is riding on whether they can pass DIBELS or not.... ____________________________________________________ We need better people in the schools. What could be clearer? Art
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