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    This document discusses current issues in education including high-stakes testing, diverse opinions and viewpoints, educational laws like No Child Left Behind, and prejudice. It notes that high-stakes testing places pressure on teachers and students and increases teaching to the test. Diverse viewpoints can lead to misunderstandings and lack of collaboration. No Child Left Behind requires standardized testing in math and reading but this can be unfair to students and drive out teachers. The document calls for reexamining accountability systems to use multiple forms of assessment.

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    Current Issues in Education

    Amanda Vargas
    EDU689: Personal Ethics & Leadership Capacity
    INSTRUCTOR: BRETTJAMES
    JANUARY 9, 2017
    AUDIENCE

    Parents,
    Teachers
    And
    Community
    Members
    HIGH-STAKES TESTING
    Places substanical pressure on teachers
    Lowers teacher motivation to remain in
    profession
    Increases teacher concern on student
    performances
    Pressures increase student anxieties

    Increases teaching to test instruction


    Reback, R., Rockoff, J., & Schwartz, H. L.
    (2014).
    DIVERSE OPINIONS AND
    VIEWPOINTS
    Diverse Opinions and Viewpoints May Cause:
    Misunderstandings

    Rivalry between opposed opinions

    Lack of Collaboration and Understanding


    Leading to lack of resolutions.
    EDUCATIONAL LAWS
    No Child Left Behind Act
    Signed into law January 8, 2002
    Significant Federal Intervention Law
    NCLB, requires the adoption of school
    accountability systems based on student
    proficiency
    Math exams
    Reading exams
    Reback, R., Rockoff, J., & Schwartz, H. L.
    (2014)
    PREJUDICE

    Unfair to Many Students


    Increased Drop-Outs

    Produces High Teaching to Test


    Misinforms Public

    Drives out Teachers

    FairTest.org (2007
    Dec17)
    RESOLUTION

    Inform administrators, school boards, state


    legislature and governors that you want
    the public school accountability system in
    your state reexamined. Ask for multiply
    forms of assessment to be used to form a
    truly accurate reflection of the level of
    growth and development of students.
    REFERENCES
    Reback,
    Reback, R.,
    R., Rockoff,
    Rockoff, J.,
    J., &
    & Schwartz,
    Schwartz, H.
    H. L.
    L. (2014).
    (2014). Under
    Under Pressure:
    Pressure:
    Job
    Job Security,
    Security, Resource
    Resource Allocation,
    Allocation, and
    and Productivity
    Productivity in
    in Schools
    Schools
    under
    under NoNo Child
    Child Left
    Left Behind.American
    Behind.American Economic
    Economic Journal:
    Journal:
    Economic
    Economic Policy,6(3),
    Policy,6(3), 207-241.
    207-241. doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxy-
    doi:http://dx.doi.org.proxy-
    library.ashford.edu/10.1257/pol.6.3.207
    library.ashford.edu/10.1257/pol.6.3.207
    FairTest,
    FairTest, (2007,
    (2007, Dec
    Dec 17)The
    17)The Dangerous
    Dangerous Consequences
    Consequences of of High-
    High-
    Stakes
    Stakes Standardized
    Standardized Testing,
    Testing, Retrieved
    Retrieved from:
    from:
    http://www.fairtest.org/dangerous-consequences-highstakes-
    http://www.fairtest.org/dangerous-consequences-highstakes-
    standardized-tes

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