This Week In Education Assessment: The Blind Side Of Classroom Assessmen

This Week In Education

Assessment: The Blind Side Of Classroom Assessment

by Alexander Russo

The best part of "The Blind Side" was watching teachers figure out that just because "Big Mike" can't read doesn't mean he's dumb and begin to accommodate their assignments and assessments to his learning needs. Not without reason, teachers complain mightily about the inappropriateness of standardized testing. But as this fictionalized depiction shows they're not always vigilant about their own instructional strategies and classroom