Sentences with phrase «more narrowing of the curriculum»

«The more narrowing of the curriculum occurs and the more teachers feel compelled to teach to Sats, the more teachers will be unhappy.

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Since 2001, the curriculum in many elementary schools has narrowed to little more than a steady diet of reading and math.

Critics, including many teachers unions and some policy experts, say the method is based on flawed tests that don't measure the more intangible benefits of good teaching and lead to a narrow curriculum.

Government accountability measures such as the EBacc have been criticised for narrowing the curriculum in schools, with many seen to be prioritising more academic subjects at the expenses of creative areas.

This system necessitates the growth and expansion of standardized tests into more subject areas and grades to provide more data for evaluations, further narrowing the curriculum and alienating students.

In many content areas, minority students are feeling the impact of the narrowing curriculum much more than their nonminority peers are.

It also — very handily — diverts attention from criticism of their changes to the curriculum towards a narrower more restricting academic offer.

Reducing the stakes would help eradicate some of the perverse incentives that result in a narrowing curriculum and more exclusions.

Identifying the gaps in supporting student learning and their transitions Strategizing to target gaps in order to narrow them Mapping the curriculum continuum of expectations grades 6 to 9, to provide depth of knowledge and understanding which leads to more effective mathematics instruction and assessment Focusing on instructional continuity and continuity of supports supports for student needs.

That will be a narrowing of curriculum far more extensive than the narrowing of content [E / LA and Math emphasized more than other content areas] that folks complain about now.

This narrowing of curriculum is also evidenced by mathematics classrooms that look more like «test practice» classes than classrooms devoted to teaching students to think, problem solve, and act as mathematicians.

She argues that school reformers assume that schools can do more to address poverty than is realistic, that accountability policies encourage narrowing of the curriculum and teaching to the test, that vouchers have accumulated no significant evidence of effectiveness, that «virtual charter schools» are a ripoff of taxpayers, and that there are more effective policy solutions that are far from test - based accountability and «school choice» policies: social services for poor families, early childhood education, protecting the autonomy of teachers and elected school boards, reducing class sizes, eliminating for - profit companies and chains from operating charter schools, and aggressively fighting racial and socioeconomic segregation in schools.

a) With a focus on the end of year testing, there inevitably will be a narrowing of the curriculum as teachers focus more on test preparation and skill and drill teaching [6].

I don't know what teachers she is observing, but the teachers I see in the schools today are the best and brightest I've ever seen — and are doing heroic work in spite of the most difficult conditions we've ever faced as a profession: meager resources; dwindling budgetary support; a narrowing of the curriculum leading to cuts to music, art and PE; withering attacks from Rhee, Kopp, Gates and Duncan and friends; an obsession with standardized testing; and much more.

«In addition, I believe that this speaks more generally of a narrowed curriculum, focused not on sound subject teaching as a basis for successful progression, but on preparation to pass exams.»

According to FairTest, «(H) igh - stakes testing is far more likely to lower the quality of curriculum, instruction and school climate in schools serving children of color: Facing high - stakes test - based accountability under NCLB and state laws, schools narrow curriculum by reducing or dropping untested subjects.