Friday, September 24, 2010

Ravitch on Accountability


"One problem with test-based accountability, as currently defined and used, is that it removes all responsibility from students and their families for the students' academic performance. NCLB neglected to acknowledge that students share in the responsibility for their academic performance and that they are not merely passive recipients of their teachers' influence."



I'll be posting more of her thoughts from her book on this blog from time to time.

thom

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