I've had a few off-line replies -- very nice, thankyou -- but this is going nowhere on the listserv. I thought it worth a second try. Given all the conversation recently on points related to this subject, I was surprised that there hasn't been a flurry of interest here. OK. So it's from the Financial Times, Not an education publication. All the more reason to check it out: See yourselves from a different angle! Get some new schema!
There are more connections to education in this article than you can count with all your fingers and toes (go ahead and count them). In this piece, you have the business-side validation of what all of you have been saying for so long: testing has a role to play, but high stakes testing is simply a bad idea; canned programs serve a function, but they are not a path to excellence; when you hire professionals, don't hand them scripts. It's all here. It's brief. It's eloquent. It's authoritative. And it's true. So what more could you want? Read it. It will make your day. Here's the link again: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/351ec946-392b-11dc-ab48-0000779fd2ac,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F351ec946-392b-11dc-ab48-0000779fd2ac.html&_i_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fbusinesslife Dave Middlebrook The Textmapping Project A resource for teachers improving reading comprehension skills instruction. www.textmapping.org | Please share this site with your colleagues! USA: (609) 771-1781 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
