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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

Ignoring Giraffe on the Highway: Spiraling Inequality Is Really What Ails Education

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig One comment

The public discourse about education is full of “zip code should not determine destiny” memes. The reasoning is— if we ignore the giraffe driving down the highway (poverty), it won’t exist or matter. The challenge with treating the symptoms of a disease rather than the causes, is that the outcomes remain inconsistent. For example, if you get a tummy tuck,