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Reassessing the Achievement Gap: Fully Measuring What Students Should Be Taught in School

Title: Reassessing the Achievement Gap: Fully Measuring What Students Should Be Taught in School

Description:

Featuring the work of Richard Rothstein who will propose a new approach for assessing student achievement that goes beyond test scores and graduation rates and measures skill attainment in broad, yet essential, areas, such as social skills, critical thinking, preparation for citizenship and employment, appreciation of arts and literature, and the knowledge needed to maintain sound physical and emotional health. 

 


Presenter:
Richard Rothstein, Research Associate, Economic Policy Institute, and Consultant, The Campaign for
Educational Equity

Discussants:
Francisco Rivera-Batiz, Professor of Economics & Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
John Jackson, President & CEO, The Schott Foundation for Public Education

Moderator:
Hank Levin, William H. Kilpatrick Professor of Economics & Education, Teachers College, Columbia University

To RSVP, please email jgarcia@tc.edu.
 
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The  Equity Campaign's forms seek to promote educational equity by highlighting important new research emerging from the Equity Campaign's Research Initiative and by fostering dialogue on  important equity issues affecting schools today.


Type: Lectures & Talks

Location: 179 Grace Dodge Hall

Date & Time: 2/21/2008, 3:30:00 PM - 5:00:00 PM

Website: http://www.tcequity.org

Contact: Jessica Garcia

Phone: 212-678-8362

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