Assessment and Accountability
A narrow definition of success is when a teacher does this in a classroom where there is no growth for opportunity. (P. 234 Paragraph 1)
Leaving no inspiration or improvising
Students will be blamed for not learning
Blame the victim
There are this many intelligent behaviors to analyzing a student.
16
Which one appeals to you?...
Desegregating data by subgroups for remedial support does this (P. 235 paragraph 3)
Shifts problem to specific groups from the system
This term addiction is used to mean something in education, what is it? (P. 377 Variation 1)
Manipulation
Justifying the means
Shifting the Monkey
Yes! It's possible to use assessments to motivate students...but why/how? (P. 237 Paragraph 3)
Dedicate work and time to shift the thinking and practices underpinning the current system..
Can you describe how? How can we teach it?
This Variation comes when specialists do not help the regular classroom teachers become more capable...and then the teachers become less capable (P. 377)
The Indispensable Professionals
According to Horton, these are the two types of education (P. 254, Last Paragraph)
1. One that enslaves students in service
2. One liberates people and allow them the power to make decisions about their lives