Sample Education Paper on Noguera and Darling-Hammond’s speeches

  • Given the readings for today, how do Noguera and Darling-Hammond’s speeches make you think about the resistance to standardized testing during the No Child Left Behind/Race to the Top era?

 

 

Pedro Noguera’s speech at the Save Our Schools March

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ2P_6Eb8p4

 

Linda Darling-Hammond, TEDx Talk on Standardized Testing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G_vWcS1NTA

 

Reading:

McGuinn, P.J. (2006). Chapters 5 and 6: Laying the Foundation for a New Accountability Regime,” “Showdown – The Conservative Assault on the Federal Role in Education,” and “Stalemate– The Republican Retreat on Education and Search for a New Consensus.”