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Excessive Testing
Narrowed Curriculum
Loss of Engagement
Remed. Costs
TLE
Quantitative Measures
Administrators are not opposed to accountability, Teachers are not opposed to evaluation, Parents are not opposed to standards or assessments, Students enjoy learning and want to be valued as individuals
Merit/Incentive pay
School choice (competition)
Is a pill necessary, or are we just trying to give society a placebo so we all feel better?
"Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution." -- Clay Shirky
"Our generation's Sputnik moment is back. Our country is in serious danger of falling behind." President Barack Obama
Asian-American students out performed students in every Asian country, and only scored lower than Asian students in the city of Shanghai, China
Hispanic/Latino students first in the world
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What's the reason for American students' relatively low performance on international tests?
POVERTY and lack of resources!
School Improvement is
PEOPLE!
5. Standards shouldnt be attached to school subjects, but to the qualities of mind its hoped the study of school subjects promotes.
MS
7,624
820
460
FA
1,600
350
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HS
4,520
1,820
600
An 8th grade student at Jenks Middle School will take... District benchmark tests in SS, Math, LA, and Science
2014 OCCT
Seventh
90 min. (online)
60 min. (online)
60 min. (online)
210 minutes
2015 OCCRA
Seventh
60 minutes (online) 60 min. Paper & pencil 60 minutes Paper & pencil
2014 OCCT
Eighth
90 min. (online)
60 min. (online)
340 minutes
2015 OCCRA
Eighth
Standardized tests are a terrible way to measure the potential of a human being
8. CCSS may set performance standards. However standard also means like everybody else.
I believe in standardizing automobiles, not human beings. Standardization is a great peril which threatens American culture
Albert Einstein
If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. Albert Einstein
Education should focus on developing childrens strengths, not fixing their deficiencies.
A school is not a business. A principal is not a CEO. Students are not a product.
Employees
Entrepreneurs
Schooling CCSS
Employable Skills
Schooling
America is at a crossroads. We have two choices. We can destroy our strengths in order to catch up with others on test scores, or we can build on our strengths and remain a leader in innovation and creativity. The current push for more standardization, centralization, high-stakes testing, and test-based accountability is rushing us down the first path. What will truly keep America strong and Americans prosperous is the other path because it cherishes individual talents, cultivates creativity, celebrates diversity, and inspires curiosity. Yong Zhao, Author, Catching Up or Leading the Way