EDUC 3013 Lecture 18: 10.6 Standards
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Explicitly lay out what students need to know via grade-level standards. Test students at the end of the year on those standards. Over time schools will improve: (* = liked by politicians, no child left behind (2001) Sanctioned schools when not enough students reached grade- level benchmarks. Requires most of the standards-based reform principles (above) Government would say school 2 was doing its job, and school 1 wasn"t. Nclb required disaggregation of score data: schools serving small percentages of certain students couldn"t hide behind aggregate, by race, ses (socioeconomic status), ell, sped, ex: Now, have to say 90% of white kids, 15% of black kids, etc. Caused schools to focus on test preparation. Forced schools to teach all students or face consequences. Some evidence leads to improvements for the most struggling students. Not for schools, teachers, administrators, school facilities, school funding, textbooks, etc. Same as punishing people for eating rotten food instead of punishing producer.
