PSY BEH 101D Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Early Head Start, Adult Education, Direct Instruction
28 Nov 2016
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Accountability: the spread of state-mandated tests to measure just what students have or have not learned: national policy in 2002 no child left behind. Positive effects: improve student performance, more time teaching the subjects that are tested, high expectations, identification of poorly performing schools/ teachers/ administrators, improved confidence in schools as test scores rise. Critics of nclb: using a single test as the sole indicator of students" criticism is similar to the one levels at iq tests (a number of measures should be used to assess progress and achievement). Initially, us kids from low-income families did not receive any education before they entered the 1st grade. 1965, government began an effort to break the cycle of poverty and poor education for young children . Current in early childhood education what the curriculum should be: one side: advocate a child-centered, constructivist approach (along the line of developmentally appropriate practice, other side: advocate an academic, direct instruction approach.
