To be a school “reformer” is to support:
* a heavy reliance on fill-in-the-bubble standardized
tests to evaluate students and schools, generally in place of more authentic
forms of assessment;
* the imposition of prescriptive, top-down teaching
standards and curriculum mandates;
* a disproportionate emphasis on rote
learning—memorizing facts and practicing skills—particularly for poor kids;
* a behaviorist model of motivation in which rewards
(notably money) and punishments are used on teachers and students to compel
compliance or raise test scores;
* a corporate sensibility and an economic rationale for
schooling, the point being to prepare children to “compete” as future
employees; and
* charter schools, many of which are run by for-profit
companies.
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