School+Improvement+Myths

** We all carry around assumptions about teaching, learning, best practices, capabilities of students into our daily work. ** Test yourself on some of the most popular myths. What do you think? Then click on the link next to it to **Confirm** or **Bust** the myth.

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 * ~ **Educational Statement** ||~ **Confirmed or Busted** ||
 * < The path to school improvement is paved with standardized tests. “If you test them they will learn.” ||< [[file:2007_10_07_EducationWeek.pdf]] ||
 * < Teachers are trained to assess productively. ||< [[file:2007_10_07_EducationWeek.pdf]] ||
 * Grades and test scores maximize student motivation & learning. || [[file:2007_10_07_EducationWeek.pdf]] ||
 * Society's image of the "very smart" student is one with white, middle-class behaviors & values. If students don't fit that image, if they are culturally different, they are judged to be less intelligent. ||  ||
 * < Schools can be attributed with 10% of student achievement, which results in a minimal effect on student performance. ||< Classroom Instruction that Works ||
 * < Individual teachers have a powerful effect on student achievement even if the school is not “good” school. ||< Classroom Instruction that Works ||
 * < Having an above average teacher for five years running can completely close the gap between low-income students and others. ||< Classroom Instruction that Works ||
 * < Providing quality education for all America’s children will take a great deal of money. ||<  ||
 * < Schools are worse today than they used to be. ||< http://www.aasa.org/publications/saarticledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=2231&snItemNumber=&tnItemNumber=
 * < Coercion is the best management tool. ||< http://www.aasa.org/publications/saarticledetail.cfm?ItemNumber=2231&snItemNumber=&tnItemNumber=
 * All students cannot achieve at high levels. This is not a realistic goal. || [[file:Slide for Admin. Training on Special Ed. Achievement.pptx]] ||