March 6, 2007– ONLINE
*Read on-line assignment assigned to you from list below. Everyone is to read the Grade-Span article which is the FIRST article. Come prepared to class with the main idea and key points identified for your article and ready to share it with the class on Mar. 20.
Read online article: THE (LIMITED) EVIDENCE REGARDING EFFECTS OF GRADE-SPAN CONFIGURATIONS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT: What Rural Educators Should Know. ERIC Digest. (required for everyone)
http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-2/rural.html
The next five articles are assigned to three or four people each.
( 1) Read online article: Elementary Best Practice Study
http://web.archive.org/web/20020306175706/http://www.isd194.k12.mn.us/Ebelief.htm
Sixteen Belief Statements
We, the Elementary Best Practice Task Force, believe elementary students, ages 5-13, require a program that must reflect their developmental needs. After reviewing the literature, reviewing the focus groups summaries, and surveying other metro elementary schools, we support the following sixteen belief statements.
(2) Read online article: High Stakes-TESTING FOR TRACKING, PROMOTION, AND GRADUATION
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/highstakes/
(3) Read online articles (both of the following articles):
Do High stakes tests boost student achievement? Can good schools be labeled “low performing”?
http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0303/cover.html
NOTE: There are several articles on this page but you are only responsible for the first article.
Read online article: Studies: "High Stakes" Tests are Counterproductive for Economically Disadvantaged Students
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/01.20/tests.html
(4) Read online article: Accountability and Testing
http://www.nea.org/accountability/
(5) Read online article: Balanced Assessment: The Key to Accountability and Improved Student Learning
http://www.nea.org/accountability/balanced.html
Read Chapter 7 in Sadker (Financing and Governing America's Schools (pp. 228-258).
After reading Chapter 7, complete the interactive reading assignment for this chapter entitled "Who Is In Control?" (Sadker cartridge) and e-mail your results to yourself. Bring the assignment to class for discussion on March 20.
Post two questions on the BlackBoard Discussion Board about budget/finance for our guest speaker on school budgets and financing. They need to be posted by the end of the day on April 3. Our speaker will answer as many of your questions as time permits when he joins us on Tuesday, April 10.
Post to the Discussion Board on BlackBoard for your School Board/Governance Meeting Reflection-Due March 27.
Take notes and respond to the assignment listed below:
Include the type of meeting, date, time and place.
Address the following:
-how was the meeting organized
-Types of items appearing on the agenda
-the Pro/Con on a particular issue discussed
-how the issue was resolved
-opportunity for public discussion and any issues/concerns that were raised
-your personal reflection on the meeting
Author:
Peggy George
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03/20/2007 6:03 AM (UMST)
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