More food for though if youre heading to the CCSS workshop this evening. Heres what education expert Linda Darling-Hammond, a spokesperson for Obama during the 2008 campaign, told Diane Ravitch: dianeravitch.net/2013/10/24/linda-darling-hammond-on-the-common-core-standards/ We should use the standards as guideposts and not straitjackets. And we should develop robust performance-based assessments of the kind I describe in my book that provide exciting opportunities for students to demonstrate their learning and for teachers to be engaged in development and scoring – used for information and improvement, not for sanctions and punishments. And heres Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, who supports the Common Core but is concerned about how it is being implemented by states: In a Huffington Post blog, she gives shout out to the NY Performance Standards Consortium and points out there are other ways than tests to assess students. huffingtonpost/randi-weingarten/will-states-fail-the-comm_b_4206013.html Speaking of testing, it is not anti-accountability to support measures of student learning other than standardized tests. Thats the essence of the New York Performance Standards Consortium, 39 diverse and highly successful public high schools that have received waivers from state standardized exams and so can emphasize higher-order skills, such as crafting and defending a college thesis paper.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 22:04:04 +0000
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