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Education Reform Sparks Teacher Protest in Mexico
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Levinson, Bradley A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2014
The current tumult in the Mexican education arena has deep roots in politics and tradition, but it is latter-day global competition and international measures of student performance that are driving reform efforts. Teacher strikes and demonstrations are not new in Mexico, but issues raised by today's protesting teachers represent a combination of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Activism, Advocacy, Resistance to Change
How Do Other Countries Evaluate Teachers?
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Williams, James H.; Engel, Laura C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2012
Given the primary role of teachers in affecting student achievement, U.S. policy makers and reformers have increasingly focused on monitoring and evaluating teacher effectiveness by emphasizing the links to student learning outcomes. Large-scale international assessments are frequently used as base examples to justify reform. But, relatively…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Teacher Effectiveness, Accountability
Reactions to the "Pittsburgh Papers."
Madaus, George F. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
A four-year experimental study in Ireland to study the effects of testing yielded similar results to studies by the "Pittsburgh group." They found that test results are not very important to either central office administrators or teachers in making decisions about students. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Utilization
The Pan-Canadian Assessments: Setting the Record Straight.
Fournier, Gilles – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Heather-Jane Robertson's "In Canada" column in the May 1999 "Kappan" demonstrated a wish to discredit an organization for ideological and personal reasons. Comments concerning the homogenization of curriculum and the impetus of the School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP) to standardized curriculum are pure hyperbole.…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation, Foreign Countries
World Citizenship: A Humane Alternative to "Drill and Kill"
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Mitchell, Bruce – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
Even though Joel lived a continent away, many sixth-graders at a Title I school in California could easily identify with his life of poverty. Their empathy motivated them to launch an ambitious charitable project, which, Mr. Mitchell argues, had far greater educational value than the relentless test preparation that is standard fare in most…
Descriptors: Empathy, Standardized Tests, Fund Raising, Private Financial Support
Learning from the World: Achieving More by Doing Less
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Baines, Lawrence – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
At this moment, in school districts throughout the United States, initiatives are being launched to extend the school day, increase homework, integrate technology, and require more high-stakes testing. The assumption underlying these initiatives is that more and more--more time in school, more homework, more technology, and more high-stakes…
Descriptors: Homework, Educational Change, Extended School Year, Comparative Education
Bad Data Must Be Challenged.
Robertson, Heather-Jane – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Fournier, coordinator of the School Achievement Indicators Program (SAIP), claims that score differences are associated with linguistic and gender differences. These results have long been substantiated. The expectation-setting process has little reliability or validity. SAIP does not help teachers, and should not determine what students learn.…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Expectation