hmm. so much focus on proving ourselves. leaves us with little to prove.. i'm thinking..
pdf of senate bill 10 191
so help me here.. is this one real? no student left untested
The reason for this urgency was to secure $700 million promised to the state by the Obama administration’s Race to the Top program, contingent on the state’s creating a plan to evaluate teachers in relation to their students’ test scores.
colorado-passed-sb191-via karl fisch
perhaps we take a little step back, breathe a little, and notice what we're doing to ourselves.
perhaps we focus on what we're aiming for for our kids.. self-directed learning.
perhaps the assessment we need to focus on is a self-assessment.
or - maybe we just keep spending 700 mill on things that can't be done, can't be fair, can't be good for us, and are guaranteed to keep us enough insane to keep from thinking of other ways to live..
tell them what's up Nick...
note to karl:
hmm.
curious if we could possibly, boldly, reclaim ourselves. if we could pause long enough to notice how ridiculous we've become. [ie: is this real? http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2012/feb/21/no-student-left-untested/]
if we're seeking self-directed learners, key to that is, can they self-assess. seems appropriate then, to not only model, but believe that for ourselves.
i'm suggesting, a better way to evaluate - would be to focus on self-evaluation. we have so much evidence that outside evaluations are the most inaccurate. and even worse, that they create spaces of tension. we need to focus more on spaces of freedom, less on management.
imagine all we would save in people, time, money, if we weren't obsessed with proving things. and if we focused more on learning than on instruction.
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