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- Alternative/Performance-Based Assessment
- Closing the Achievement Gap CA DOE Web Site
- Gaining Ground in the Middle Schools: Why Some Schools Do Better
- Responding to the Needs of Young Latino Children
- The Achievement Gap, Poverty, and Libraries
- The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
- What should parents know about performance-based assessments?
Of course. How, though, can we include student voices, and various positions overall, without falling prey to a sample of one? We need to be careful to combine various positions with convincing evidence that supports these assertions. I agree we need all stakeholders at the table, including the students. How can we get a representative representation?
ReplyDeleteI believe there are some opportunities for us to invite student voices from several sources. I would pose that at FC we invite students from any or all of the following:
ReplyDeleteEOPS, UMOJA, MEChA, Latina Leadership Network, FC Dream Team (AB 540 students), BSU, DSS (Disabled Student Services), CALWorks, e.g. Many of our students are recent H.S. grads, GED, non-grads/GED, as well as ELLs, and come from school districts that feed into the NOCCCD. I find that many still have younger siblings in the k-12 system, too. They may be able to provide the committee w/ valuable insights into their experiences and challenges in regard to academic achievement, or a lack thereof.
There are some parallel clubs and organizations at the H.S. level, even in the middle schools. Of course, we should also consider soliciting the voices of students who are even among the disenfranchised/disconnected, too. Also, how about hearing from those currently enrolled in the Alternative and Continuation Programs? I know they may have some good insights to share.
Thanks so much for suggesting that we invite members from these organizations and students in general. Just send me their email addresses and I will invite them to become authors so that they too can compose entries for this blog. Aside from that, anyone can view this blog and is welcome to comment on any posts.
ReplyDeleteGreat suggestions. I think it would be interesting to hear directly from students who are on the bubble. Too often, we hear from those who are succeeding and while that can be constructive, I think hearing from those whom the system has failed would be most profound. I can tell you from experience that these students have a lot to say about the system and how it has too often pushed (rather than pulled) them out.
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