Wilson, Shibrie
Jaeger, P. (2014). The wrong Villain: Critics Should Focus on Race to the Top- On Common Core. School Library Journal. Retrieved from http://www.slj.com/2014/01/opinion/on-common-core/the-wrong-villain-critics-should-focus-on-race-to-the-top-on-common-core/
Race to the Top is the true focus in which people should be worried about when it comes to educational system. Race to the Top is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education in an effort to reform schools and bridging gap of achievement. At least $4.35 billion has been invested into this program in which measures success of students by numbers. With RttT this is the following: "excessive testing; teacher measurement; data-archiving monsters that will track "achievement" by numbers using many days annually in formal assessment; and requiring monetary expenditures." U.S. leaders understand that students are behind in comparison to students from India or Turkey. Even teachers in which have been in educational field for numerous years standby their understanding that standardized test do not depict an accurate reflection of a students learning.
Opinion:
Race to the Top needs to be revamped and people should become more educated about it. I feel as though it is a form of intimidation because all students do not perform well on standardized test. There must be another way in which U.S. Department of Education can change educational system in which has fallen apart over years.
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