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On Assessment, Accountability, and Other Things That Go Bump in the Night

These are pull-out quotes from my article in the May 2009 Language Arts.

by Susan Ohanian

Data without conscience will be the
ruin of our collective soul.
What good are the statistics
if our hearts are cold?

Where are the statements from
NCTE, IRA, ASCD, NEA, or AFT
fighting against the assault on
teacher professionalism?

Whether NCLB is renewed
or not, the corporate-politico
agenda lives on: Conscript
teachers into silence and
stupidity.

You can only teach who you
are, and if you try to do it while
submitting to a script dominatrix,
then you lose not only your
professionalism, but also
your soul.

To be a teacher,
You have to decide who you're
willing to obey
And who you're willing to kill.

Both standardized tests required
by the State and the NAEP distort
literature beyond recognition.

Just try asking your students--
today--to suggest one thing that
would improve their school day.
The simplicity of their suggestions
will surprise you.

— Susan Ohanian
Language Arts
2009-05-01


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