UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FACULTY LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS AT SAUCEDO AND DRUMMOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
MARCH 3, 2014 LEAVE A COMMENT
February 28, 2014
STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR CHICAGO TEACHERS REFUSING TO ADMINISTER THE ILLINOIS STANDARD ACHIEVEMENT TEST
FROM UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FACULTY
As university faculty whose responsibilities include preparing future educators, we support the action of teachers at the Saucedo and Drummond elementary schools in Chicago who are refusing to administer the Illinois Standard Achievement Test (ISAT). Over a decade of research shows that an over emphasis on high-stakes standardized tests narrows curriculum, creates social and emotional stress for students and families, drives committed teachers out of the profession, and turns schools into test-prep factories with principals forced to comply as overseers—especially in low-scoring schools. We understand assessment as the process of gathering evidence about learning, from multiple sources, so that teachers can better support student learning. The ISAT, in contrast, contributes virtually nothing. CPS no longer uses the ISAT for promotion, graduation, or eligibility for selective-enrollment schools and is phasing it out after this year. It is not aligned with Common Core State Standards—which, regardless of how one sees them, Illinois has already adopted—and does not help teachers improve student learning. The pre-service teachers with whom we work are demoralized about a future of teaching in such a test-driven atmosphere. We teach our students—future educators—to stand up for their students, families and communities, and to take principled stands for social justice. That's what the Saucedo and Drummond teachers are doing. We applaud them and stand with them.
(To add your name to this list, email Gutstein@uic.edu with your name, university affiliation, and department)
Signers:
1. Pauline Lipman, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
2. Rico Gutstein, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
3. Asif Wilson, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
4. Daniel Morales-Doyle, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
5. Eleni Katsarou, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
6. Arthi Rao, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
7. Joshua Radinsky, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
8. Irma Olmedo, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
9. David Schaafsma, University of Illinois at Chicago, English Department
10. Kenneth Saltman, DePaul University, College of Education
11. Joel Amidon, University of Mississippi, School of Education
12. Nicole Marroquin, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Art Education
13. Wayne Au University of Washington—Bothel, Education Program; Rethinking Schools
14. Bill Schubert, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
15. Federico Waitoller, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
16. David Stovall, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
17. Danny Martin, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
18. Ann Aviles de Bradley, Northeastern Illinois University, Department of Educational Inquiry and Curriculum Studies
19. Eomailani Kukahiko, University of Hawai’i, College of Education
20. David Stinson, Georgia State University, College of Education
21. Minerva S. Chávez, California State University, Fullerton, Department of Secondary Education
22. Katy Smith, Northeastern Illinois University, Educational Inquiry and Curriculum Studies
23. Gail Tang, University of La Verne, Department of Mathematics
24. Craig Howley, Ohio University, Patton College of Education
25. Rodrigo Jorge Gutiérrez, University of Maryland, College of Education
26. Erin Turner, University of Arizona, Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies
27. Tom Pedroni, Wayne State University, College of Education
28. Donna Vukelich Selva, Edgewood College, School of Education
29. Michelle Fine, City University of New York, The Graduate Center
30. Maria McKenna, University of Notre Dame, Department of Africana Studies
31. E. Wayne Ross, University of British Columbia, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
32. Noah De Lissovoy, The University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction
33. Eugenia Vomvoridi-Ivanovic, University of South Florida, Department of Secondary Education
34. Beatriz S. D'Ambrosio, Miami University, Dept. of Mathematics
35. Celia Oyler, Teachers College, Dept. of Curriculum and Teaching
36. Jesse Senechal, Virginia Commonwealth University, Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium
37. Ira Shor, City University of New York, The Graduate Center
38. Thomas G. Edwards, Wayne State University, College of Education
39. Christine Sleeter, California State University—Monterey
40. Jessica Shiller, Towson University, Dept. of Instructional Leadership and Professional Development
41. Deb Palmer, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
42. Maren Aukerman, Stanford University, Graduate School of Education
43. Christine Yeh, University of San Francisco, School of Education
44. A. Lin Goodwin, Teachers College, Columbia University
45. Stuart Chen-Hayes, Lehman College, School of Education
46. Lee Bell, Barnard College, Program in Education
47. Diane Horwitz, DePaul University, College of Education
48. Gary Anderson, New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
49. Patrick Camangian, University of San Francisco, School of Education
50. Antonia Darder, Loyola Marymount University, School of Education
51. Lesley Bartlett, Columbia University, Teachers College
52. Sandy Grande, Connecticut College, Education Department
53. Michelle Gautreaux, University of British Columbia, Dept. of Curriculum Studies
54. Kathryn Herr, Montclair State University
55. Emily Klein, Montclair State University
56. Craig Willey, IUPUI, Indiana University School of Education
57. Swapna Mukhopadhyay, Portland State University, Graduate School of Education
58. Kiersten Greene, State University of New York at New Paltz, School of Education
59. Stuart Greene, University of Notre Dame, Department of English and Africana Studies
60. Horace R. Hall, DePaul University, College of Education
61. Lois Weiner, New Jersey City University, Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education
62. Gustavo E. Fischman, Arizona State University, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College
63. Amy Feiker Hollenbeck, DePaul University, College of Education
64. Rebecca A. Goldstein, Montclair State University, College of Education and Human Services
65. Enora Brown, DePaul University, College of Education
66. Sangeeta Kamat, University of Massachusetts—Amherst, College of Education
67. Stephanie Farmer, Roosevelt University, Dept. of Sociology
68. Ron Glass, University of California, Santa Cruz, Center for Collaborative Research for an Equitable California
69. Karen Monkman, DePaul University, College of Education
70. Lisa Edstrom, Barnard College, Barnard Education Program
71. Daniel S. Friedrich, Columbia University, Teachers College
72. Marjorie Siegel, Columbia University, Teachers College
73. Alan Singer, Hofstra University, Department of Teaching, Literacy and Leadership
74. Barbara Winslow, Brooklyn College, Secondary Education
75. Maria Hantzopoulos, Vassar College, Dept. of Education
76. Sharon Whitton, Hofstra University, Department of Teaching, Literacy and Leadership
77. Jim Brown, Wayne State University, College of Education
78. Linda McSpadden McNeil, R ice University, Center for Education
79. Matthew Weinstein, University of Washington-Tacoma, Secondary Science Program
80. Victoria Trinder, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
81. Marie Ann Donovan, DePaul University, College of Education
82. Rosalyn Baxandall, City University of New York, Labor School
83. Amira Proweller, DePaul University, College of Education
84. Judith S. Kaufman, Hofstra University, Department of Teaching, Literacy and Leadership
85. Gregory Smith, Lewis & Clark College, Graduate School of Education
86. David Forbes, Brooklyn College, School of Education
87. Lois Weis, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Graduate School of Education
88. Monica Taylor, Montclair State University, College of Education and Human Services
89. Norma Lopez-Reyna, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
90. Gloria Alter, DePaul University, College of Education
91. Miguel Zavala, California State University, Fullerton, Department of Secondary Education
92. Barbara Madeloni, University of Massachusetts Amherst, School of Education
93. Arnold Dodge, Long Island University/C.W.Post Campus, Department of Educational Leadership and Administration
94. William Ayers, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education (retired)
95. Peter Taubman, Brooklyn College, Dept. of Secondary Education
96. Susan Gregson, University of Cincinnati, College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services
97. Jackie Wiggins, Oakland University, Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
98. Tema Okun, National Louis University, Dept. of Educational Leadership
99. Bill Hoecker, DePaul University, College of Education
100. Judith Gouwens, Roosevelt University, College of Education
101. Carl B. Anderson, Penn State University, Dept. of English
102. Mari Ann Roberts, Clayton State University, Dept. of Teacher Education
103. Isabel Nuñez, Concordia University, Center for Policy Studies and Social Justice
104. Renee A. Middleton, Ohio University, The Patton College of Education
105. Regina Sievert, Salish Kootenai College, Division of Education
106. Jennifer Alexander, Richard J. Daley College, Business Department
107. Sunshine Campbell, The Evergreen State College
108. Marvin Hoffman, University of Chicago, Urban Teacher Education Program
109. Chris Brown, University of Texas at Austin, College of Education
110. Nancy Lesko, Teachers College, Department of Curriculum and Teaching
111. Florence R. Sullivan, University of Mass., Amherst, College of Education
112. K. Wayne Yang, University of California, San Diego, Dept. of Ethnic Studies
113. Elizabeth Meadows, Roosevelt University, College of Education
114. Benay Blend, Central New Mexico Community College, Humanities Dept.
115. Nekaiya Herring, University of North Dakota, Dept. of Social Work
116. Karen Graves, Denison University, Department of Education
117. Lilia Monzo, Chapman University, College of Educational Studies
118. Karen Gourd, University of Washington, Bothell, Education Program
119. Jeff Bloom, Northern Arizona University, College of Education
120. Aisha El-Amin, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Education
121. Michael Apple, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Curriculum and Instruction
