Equity Problems In Education

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This paper begins by discussing some of the arguments raised against a standards-driven curriculum. The paper then makes the argument, however, that a standards-driven curriculum that is implemented appropriately can avoid some of these pitfalls and can have a meaningful impact on education. The paper concludes that standards-driven curriculum can work. Before the inception of the standards-based curriculum, our educational system was a mess. Now, progress is underway. However, there's more work to be done in helping teachers integrate differentiated instruction and standards-based curriculum and for implementing standards across a broader curriculum.

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"Admittedly, standards-driven curriculum is far behind its goals for ensuring that "no child will be left behind". But, while African American and Hispanic students lag whites in achievement as measured by standardized tests, every racial/ethnic subgroup has made gains in achievement during the past few decades (It takes more than testing......closing the achievement gap, 2001). The gap has not narrowed since around 1988 because gains by black and Hispanic students did not exceed those made by other subgroups."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Closing the achievement gap. http://www.subnet.nga.org/educlear/achievement/
• English, F.W. (2000). Deciding what to teach and test: Developing, aligning and auditing the curriculum. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Corwin Press.
• Fiske, E.B. (1998, February 9). Opponents want more freedom for schools to set own agendas : quest for standards splits U.S. educators. International Herald Tribune. http://www.iht.com/articles/1998/02/09/sover.t.php
• Holladay, J. (2007, February). How stereotypes undermine test scores. http://www.tolerance.org/teach/activities/activity.jsp?cid=811
• It takes more than testing......closing the achievement gap (2001, Summer). http://www.masb.org/pdf/spreportsum.pdf

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