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“Unless the schools provide our children with a vision of human possibility that enlightens and empowers them with knowledge and taste, they will simply play their role in someone else's marketing schemes. Unless they understand deeply the sources of our democracy, they will take it for granted and fail to exercise their rights and responsibilities.”
― Diane Ravitch
― Diane Ravitch
“What matters most is for the school, the district, and the state to be able to say that more students have reached "proficiency." This sort of fraud ignores the students' interests while promoting the interests of adults who take credit for nonexistent improvements.”
― Diane Ravitch, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
― Diane Ravitch, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
“One problem with test-based accountability, as currently defined and used, is that it removes all responsibility from students and their families for the students' academic performance. NCLB neglected to acknowledge that students share in the responsibility for their academic performance and that they are merely passive recipients of their teachers' influence.”
― Diane Ravitch, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
― Diane Ravitch, The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
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