After completing the weekly readings, provide a thorough response in your own words to the weekly questions posted below. Please make sure you submit a one-word document with all your answers. A minimum of 550 words and a maximum of 700 words (font size 12, single-spaced) are required for each complete assignment. Please follow APA format in your work. Please remember to include one or two sentences identifying the habits of mind (Links to an external site.)you have used to promote the reflection of the readings.
- In chapter 6, Diane Ravitch identifies the assumptions on which NCLB was built. Are the assumptions of RTTT similar? If so, what outcomes might we expect? Create a different set of assumptions that might lead to improved student learning outcomes.
- List one habit of mind used in 2 sentences that you used to promote the reading.
Read
- The Life and Death of the Great American School System,
- Chapter 6
Ravitch, D. (2011). NCLB: Measure and Punish. In The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. Revised and Expanded Ed. (pp. 93 – 112). Pennsylvania: Basic Books.