Assessment

Post articles and article summary here for Assessment: 1. Darling-Hammond, L. (2007). Race, inequality and the educational accountability: the irony of ‘No Child Left Behind’. //Race Ethnicity and Education, 10//(3), 245- 260. RRJ from Yvonne Holland - looks like this would be a good article to download for general reflection purposes (includes relevant NCLB stats from a credible source.

Another interesting quote/source from Yvonne:

2.“The brain is a survival organ that must be engaged by its learning environment rather than threatened or negated by it” (pg236) This concept relates to Stephen Krashen’s affective filter, students must feel safe and interested to be hooked into learning.

This extends to a student's socio, physical and economic life as well - when so many children live in disfunctional poverty - how can they come to school with a brain ready to learn?