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Examining the myth of accountability, high-stakes testing and the achievement gap

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig One comment

We are proud to announce a new peer-reviewed paper entitled Examining the myth of accountability, high-stakes testing and the achievement gap In this article, we outline how notions of accountability and the achievement gap have relied upon the massive expansion of high-stakes exams in our nation’s schools. Texas-style test and punish accountability manifested in various ways within schools and school culture across

Taking tests, to test, to see if students are ready for the test

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 6 comments

Story by Luke Quinton that ran today on KUT NPR about the passage of HB5 in Texas. Listen here. Text of story quoted below. When Gov. Rick Perry signed House Bill 5 this week, it signaled that the waves of complaints from parents opposed to high stakes testing, had caught hold. But one irony is that most people — even

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“Merit” Apartheid: Forces Determined to Segregate Higher Education?

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig 6 comments

It appears more and more that there are forces that are determined to re-segregate higher education in Texas and elsewhere. The desegregation of higher education is currently inevitable in places like Texas under existing policies such at the Top Ten Percent Plan because of the rapidly changing racial demographics of students in K-12 (Note: We examined the historical enrollment and segregation