Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id iA8CC4M10413; Mon, 8 Nov 2004 07:12:04 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 07:12:04 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <000701c4c58c$a1632860$0502a8c0@frodo> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Marie Cora" <marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:692] FW: "Evaluating" High-stakes Testing in the US X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3021 Lines: 77 Hi I'm forwarding this email from George on the NLA for those of you who might be interested. Thanks marie marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com -----Original Message----- From: aaace-nla-bounces@lists.literacytent.org [mailto:aaace-nla-bounces@lists.literacytent.org] On Behalf Of George demetrion Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 6:52 PM To: aaace-nla@lists.literacytent.org Subject: [AAACE-NLA] FW: "Evaluating" High-stakes Testing in the US This symposium on high stakes testing might be of interest to some. George Demetrion _______________________________________ [from Chronicle of Higher Education, 11.4.04] ---------------------------------------------------------------- MAGAZINES & JOURNALS A glance at the November issue of "Theory and Research in Education": Examining the premises of high-stakes testing Standardized tests have taken on unprecedented importance in American elementary and secondary education as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act, says James Dwyer, a professor of law at the College of William and Mary, in an introduction to a symposium on high-stakes testing. The articles in the symposium examine the underlying premises of high-stakes testing. They provide, he says, "a philosophical response to a political and social phenomenon," examining questions about the effectiveness of the tests in revealing what goes on in the classroom and in the minds of children and about the fairness of the tests' consequences. "To judge whether education policy today, with its singular focus on high-stakes standardized testing, is on the right track," he writes, "one must have a good sense of what schools should be accountable for -- that is, what constitutes a good education, what forms of assessment adequately reflect appropriate pedagogical aims, and what incidental effects particular forms of assessment and particular rewards or penalties can have on schools and students." The symposium includes articles by Harvey Siegel, a professor of philosophy at the University of Miami; Randall Curren, a professor of philosophy and education at the University of Rochester; Francis Schrag, a professor of educational-policy studies and philosophy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison; Nel Noddings, a professor of education emerita at Stanford University; Catherine Z. Elgin, a professor of the philosophy of education at Harvard University; and by three faculty members at the University of Alberta -- Stephen P. Norris, a professor of educational-policy studies; Jacqueline P. Leighton, an assistant professor of educational psychology; and Linda M. Phillips, a professor of education. The symposium is online for members of subscribing institutions. Information about the journal is available at http://tre.sagepub.com _______________________________________________ AAACE-NLA mailing list: AAACE-NLA@lists.literacytent.org http://lists.literacytent.org/mailman/listinfo/aaace-nla LiteracyTent: web hosting, news, community and goodies for literacy http://literacytent.org
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