Re: oops

["Monty Neill" <monty@fairtest.org>]

As always those who think they have won the "war" call on others to admit defeat - whether the "war" is DIBELS, No Child Left, high-stakes testing, or other areas in and out of education. Art is not alone in this, I see it commonly. 

But if DIBELS and the rest of test-driven schooling fails to help children obtain a decent education, as the evidence shows is the case, then it is a reasonable moral obligation to continue the battle. 

No, Art, we aren't giving up. 

But then who else would give you free daily space and an audience (those who bother to read you) for your incessant reactionary prattling.

Monty Neill

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: aburke5054@aol.com 
  To: arn-l@interversity.org 
  Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2006 12:19 PM
  Subject: Re: [arn-l] oops


  -----Original Message-----
  From: pgutpgut@msn.com
  To: arn-l@interversity.org
  Sent: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 8:16 AM
  Subject: Re: [arn-l] oops


  I'm not sure where in the op ed you get the sense we are trying to re-start the reading wars. 
  _______________________________________________
  >From this: 

  "Whichever way you look at DIBELS, it's an invalid indicator of reading skills. And scripted programs cannot provide instruction that promotes deep, critical literacy skills. "
   
   
  Art


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more.