Class notes 19 July 2005


Stress on students, reading/writing workshop feedback

EDLL 6350
19 July 2005

Mellinee saw brain scans comparing "normal" children and those who had been subjected to abuse

James Hoffman has done a lot of reasearch about stresses on students
- published in the Reading Teacher
- has been publically beaten up for that work

good reasearch: correlation between rise in alternative-to-public education student enrollment and high stakes testing

Book: Inside/Outside published in 1993
- Mary Cochran Smith
- in first part, they make the arguement for teacher research
- Mickey Harris example is in 2nd part

Peter Elbow's metaphor on testing of the plant: do you want to keep pulling the plant up by the roots

Who publishes the TAKS test: Pearson Education

Pearson 5 year $750+ million contract with Texas for online formative assessment link, my comments on this are also available.

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