More Choices, Higher Scores, and Worse Education

Titel	More Choices, Higher Scores, and Worse Education
Quelle	In: American Educator, 34 (2010) 2, S.12-15 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0148-432X
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Educational Objectives; Educational Improvement; Motivation; Accountability; Scores; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Instructional Effectiveness; Charter Schools; Public Schools; School Effectiveness; Elementary Secondary Education; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Verantwortung; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation; Unterrichtserfolg; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Schuleffizienz; USA
Abstract	If there is one thing all educators know and many studies have confirmed for decades, it is that there is no single answer to educational improvement. There are no grounds for the claim made in the past decade that accountability all by itself is a silver bullet, nor for the oft-asserted argument that choice by itself is a panacea. This article argues that choice movement and the accountability movement are not solutions to educational dilemmas. Accountability and choice may or may not raise test scores, but neither is a surefire way to improve education. Higher test scores may or may not be a reliable indicator of better education. The article stresses that overemphasis on test scores to the exclusion of other important goals of education may undermine the love of learning and the desire to acquire knowledge, both necessary ingredients of intrinsic motivation. (Contains 4 endnotes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	American Federation of Teachers. 555 New Jersey Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20001. Tel: 202-879-4400; e-mail: amered@aft.org; Web site: http://www.aft.org/newspubs/periodicals/ae
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10