The Disheartened Teacher: Living in the Age of Standardisation, High-stakes Assessments, and No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

作者: Daniel Ian Rubin

DOI: 10.1080/1358684X.2011.630197

关键词: Standardized testPedagogyPsychologyNo child left behindCurriculumLanguage artsReading (process)Accountability

摘要: There has been a universal movement towards government-regulated standardisation and high-stakes assessment. In the United States, this resulted in No Child Left Behind Act (2001). Because of predominant focus on reading writing assessments required by NCLB, teachers subject area English/Language Arts (ELA) have victims increased expectations regimentation, more so than most other content areas. Therefore, for today, both ELA across curriculum, NCLB is harming teachers, their practice long-term commitment to teaching profession.

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