research brief holding schools accountable for a balanced set of education goals

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1、NEAVISITINGSCHOLARSSERIESSpring2007,volumeIResearchBriefHoldingSchoolsAccountableforaBalancedSetofEducationGoalsRichardRothsteinEconomicPolicyInstituteIfanyinstitutionhasmultiplegoalsandisheldaccountableonlyforsome,itwillshiftresourcestogoalsforwhichitisheldaccountable.

2、NoChildLeftBehind'saccountabilityformathandreadingalonecreatesincentivesforschoolstoreduceotherareas(physicaleducation,socialstudies,science,thearts)tomakemoretimeformathandreading.Thisgoaldisplacementincreasesachievementgapsbetweenadvantagedanddisadvantagedchildrenbeca

3、usedisadvantagedchildrenaremostaffectedbyit.Inotherwords,contemporaryaccountabilitynotonlyprovidesincentivestodropthearts,history,science,health,andotheraspectsofadiversecurriculum,italsocreatesincentivestowidenachievementgapsintheseareas.2Teacherssurveyedafewyearsagoin

4、Kansas,Massachusetts,andMichiganreportedthatstandardizedtestinghadimprovedtheirreadingandmathinstruction,buttheyhadhadtodropotherimportantcurricularactivitiestomaketime.Urbanandruralteachersweremorelikelythansuburbanteacherstoreportsuchashift,causinggreaterinequityint

5、heseothercurricularareas.1Asurveyofprincipalsinotherstatesfoundthatthoseinhigh-minorityschoolsweremorelikelytohavereducedtimeforhistory,civics,geography,thearts,andforeignlanguagesinordertodevotemoretimetomathandreading.3Thegrowingnationaldiabetesepidemicalsoshowshowacc

6、ountabilityformathandreadingalonecanexacerbateinequityinotherimportantaspectsofschooling.African-Americansare60%morelikelythanWhitestohavediabetes.Onecauseisthedisproportionatedeclineinphysicalactivityofminorityyouth,partlybecausemathandreadingtestpreparationhassubstitu

7、tedforgymclasses.African-Americanelementaryschoolchildrenare50%morelikelytobeoverweightthanWhites,whoaretwiceaslikelytohaveorganizeddailyphysicalactivity.Fromcolonialtimesthroughthe1920s,Americanswantedschoolstoteachbasicacademicskills,buttheywantedmoreaswell.Ifanything

8、,preparationfordemocraticcitizenshipwastheprimarygoalofpubliceducation.TheNEAhasplayedaroleinarticulatingthemu