Confronting oppressive assessments : how parents, educators, and policymakers are rethinking current educational reforms / edited by Walter S. Polka and John E. McKenna.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Polka, Walter S., 1945- editor.

McKenna, John, 1963- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public schools--United States.

Public schools.

Educational accountability.

Government policy.

United States.

Educational accountability--Government policy--United States.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

xx, 194 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]

Summary:

Confronting Oppressive Assessment is about doing what's right for public education in the United States in this age of intensive curriculum convergence, planned instructional standardization, and oppressive accountability procedures. In this book, the practical experiences of parents, teachers, principals, school superintendents, school board members, and professors are analyzed, and their firsthand experiences with the various components of the current reform movement are poignantly presented. Through these voices, the frustrations with the serious flaws associated with this reform agenda are passionately and logically articulated. They comprehensively explain their personal and professional motivations for organizing and fomenting a rethinking in school reform implementation procedures, and they advocate for their "smarter approach" to school reforms in our country. This book includes key references that elucidate the need to seriously rethink the directions and strategies of contemporary schooling in order to maintain enlightened creative instruction based on exciting student-centered curriculum experiences and professional educational judgments. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 What Are We Really Doing to Our Children? Rethinking Federal and State Education Reform Policies / Walter S. Polka Polka, Walter S., John E. McKenna McKenna, John E. 1

2 Using an Industrial-Age Paradigm for Education Is Not Smart, Especially in the Digital Age / John E. McKenna McKenna, John E., Walter S. Polka Polka, Walter S. 21

3 The Lack of Joy in Learning: Parents Want to Know Why Children Don't Like School Anymore / Douglas J. Regan Regan, Douglas J., Mary Beth Carroll Carroll, Mary Beth 35

4 Why Teachers Are Frustrated / Ashli Dreher Dreher, Ashli, Kathy Brown Brown, Kathy 47

5 High-Stakes Test Anxieties for All Children: Parents, Teachers, and Psychologists Voice Concerns / Laura Stewart-Beach Stewart-Beach, Laura, Kathy Brown Brown, Kathy, Greg Fabiano Fabiano, Greg 59

6 Principals with Principles: The Dilemma of Implementing Destructive Policies / John E. McKenna McKenna, John E., Charles Smilinich Smilinich, Charles, Mark Mambretti Mambretti, Mark, Douglas J. Regan Regan, Douglas J., Carol Burris Burris, Carol 71

7 Superintendents' Perspectives: Fighting for Local Control and Justice in Education for All / Jeffrey Robert Rabey Rabey, Jeffrey Robert 95

8 Thoughts on What to Do Next at the Local Level / John E. McKenna McKenna, John E., Walter S. Polka Polka, Walter S. 113

9 A Dwindling Second Chance: High School Dropouts and the 2014 GED® Exam / Rachael J. Rossi Rossi, Rachael J. 125

10 Everyone Is Now a "Teacher of the Core"-Even Higher Education Is Entangled in This Reform Movement.-How Did We Get Here? / Susan Krickovich Krickovich, Susan, Donna C. Kester Phillips Phillips, Donna C. Kester 135

11 Political Perspectives Regarding Changing the Current Educational Reform Agenda: The Winds of Change Are Blowing Stronger / Walter S. Polka Polka, Walter S., John E. McKenna McKenna, John E. 147

12 Why Not Create a Brighter Future for All of Our Students by Legislative Changes to the Educational Current Reforms? What If We Just Do It? / John E. McKenna McKenna, John E., Walter S. Polka Polka, Walter S. 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Confronting oppressive assessments

ISBN:

9781475826807

147582680X

9781475826814

1475826818

OCLC:

950446678