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03-30-2011, 10:34 AM
Unfortunately Education is a political pawn.
On the National level each new administration brings their ideas to the table- "race to the top" concepts. So changes blow in the wind with the whim of each administration.
The same could be said almost on the state level. But over the last 20+ years of KERA on the outside(general public) it's been a pretty consistent program but teachers who have seen the program know that every few years the "standardized" test has been tweak to manipulate test scores. It is difficult to compare test data across the years because the test are not constructed the same.
Reform on education has been an ongoing event in this country since compulsory education first came on the books. Every generation can point to radical changes, every parent can claim how it's so different from when they were in school. Reform movement really took off after the Soviet lunched Sputnik on a National Level, re-invigorated in the 1980's with "A Nation At Risk" published, and continues with the standards based concept.
On the National level each new administration brings their ideas to the table- "race to the top" concepts. So changes blow in the wind with the whim of each administration.
The same could be said almost on the state level. But over the last 20+ years of KERA on the outside(general public) it's been a pretty consistent program but teachers who have seen the program know that every few years the "standardized" test has been tweak to manipulate test scores. It is difficult to compare test data across the years because the test are not constructed the same.
Reform on education has been an ongoing event in this country since compulsory education first came on the books. Every generation can point to radical changes, every parent can claim how it's so different from when they were in school. Reform movement really took off after the Soviet lunched Sputnik on a National Level, re-invigorated in the 1980's with "A Nation At Risk" published, and continues with the standards based concept.
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Educational Reform? - by tvtimeout - 03-29-2011, 05:58 PM
Educational Reform? - by LWC - 03-29-2011, 06:10 PM
Educational Reform? - by Hoot Gibson - 03-29-2011, 07:32 PM
Educational Reform? - by tvtimeout - 03-29-2011, 10:19 PM
Educational Reform? - by tvtimeout - 03-29-2011, 10:26 PM
Educational Reform? - by tvtimeout - 03-29-2011, 10:41 PM
Educational Reform? - by tvtimeout - 03-29-2011, 10:42 PM
Educational Reform? - by Hoot Gibson - 03-29-2011, 11:39 PM
Educational Reform? - by LWC - 03-29-2011, 11:44 PM
Educational Reform? - by nky - 03-30-2011, 10:18 AM
Educational Reform? - by nky - 03-30-2011, 10:20 AM
Educational Reform? - by nky - 03-30-2011, 10:24 AM
Educational Reform? - by nky - 03-30-2011, 10:34 AM
Educational Reform? - by nky - 03-30-2011, 11:02 AM
Educational Reform? - by Truth - 03-30-2011, 01:46 PM
Educational Reform? - by tvtimeout - 03-31-2011, 05:29 PM
Educational Reform? - by tvtimeout - 03-31-2011, 05:33 PM
Educational Reform? - by tvtimeout - 03-31-2011, 05:53 PM
Educational Reform? - by nky - 03-31-2011, 08:19 PM
Educational Reform? - by Hoot Gibson - 03-31-2011, 08:38 PM
Educational Reform? - by tvtimeout - 03-31-2011, 10:14 PM
Educational Reform? - by Old School - 04-01-2011, 09:35 PM
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