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October 9, 2001 Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Taking a Stand
Against High-Stakes
Testing
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in EducationShall we remain silent
in the presence of injustice?
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Injustice: Primary-
aged students
take high-stakes tests
without knowing
what is at stake.
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Injustice: Competency in reading, writing, and
math is construed
as an “education”
.
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Injustice: Standardized testing lowers
levels of learning in
our schools.
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Injustice: One-size-fits-all-at-
one-point-in-time
mentality rules
American education.
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Injustice: Standardiz
ed test scores
correlate reliably
with socio-economic
status.
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Injustice: Students are judged and
sentenced by high-stakes tests when longitudinal,
authentic assessments are readily available.
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in EducationInjustice:
Teachers and schools are
“held accountable”
for circumstances beyond their
control.
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Injustice: Speed and retrieval of
“facts” (superficial
engagement) are valued
above mental processes and
critical thinking.
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Injustice: The world’s
leader in liberty, justice,
economics, science, power,
technology, medicine, foreign
aid, and education
condemns its teachers and
schools as failures.
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in EducationInjustice: Between
kindergarten and 12th grade at
least 100 days are committed to mandated tests in the State of
Georgia.
GKAP-R SAT9ITBSCRCTAPNAEPPSATGHSGT
GADOE http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/sla/ret/recotest.html
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Finding our Voice(s)
Parent
Teacher
TE ProfessionalGATE
GAICTE
GACTE
PAGE
GAE
Student
Citizen
Registered Voter
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Taking Action Know the facts - research Advocate authentic assessment strategies Submit editorials, commentaries, and opinions to local
paper Write or visit board members, legislators, and governor Sponsor a forum, demonstration, or “teach-in” Print bumper stickers/signs – “Standardized testing is
dumbing down our schools!” Challenge testing advocates Protest – invite the media Organize, petition, and boycott
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education Resourceswww.fairtest.com
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
www.cpoga.org
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
www.nomoretests.com
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
www.geocities.com/educationaccountability/
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Talk of the Nation - NPRhttp://www.npr.org/ramfiles/totn/20000106.totn.02.ram
The Case Against Standardized TestingAlfie Kohn
Standardized Minds
Peter Sacks
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
The Way We Were?Richard Rothstein
One Size Fits FewSusan Ohanian
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Failing Our KidsWhy the Testing CrazeWon’t Fix Our SchoolsRethinking Schools
High StakesTesting for Tracking, Promotion, and GraduationNational Research Council
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Contradictions ofSchool ReformLinda McNeil
The DisciplinedMindHoward Gardner
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
None of the AboveThe Truth Behind the SATsDavid Owen w/ Marilyn Doerr
Testing! What Every ParentShould Know About School TestsJames Popham
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Testing to LearnLearning to TestJoanne Capper
Gender and FairAssessmentWarren WillinghamNancy Cole
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October 9, 2001Berry College
Defining Quality in Education
Institute for Educational Accountabilitywww.geocities.com/educationaccountability/
2277 Martha Berry Highway
P. O. Box 5011
Mount Berry, GA 30149-5011
Fax/Phone: 706-238-7805
Email: dwakefield @ berry . edu