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SUNY
Conversations in the Disciplines Conference
Standardized Testing in K-12 Schooling: Tool
of Reform or Tool of Tyranny?
Saturday
June
3, 2000
Alumni
House
University
at Albany
Albany,
NY 12222
Standardized
Testing in K-12 Schooling: Tool of Reform or Tool of Tyranny?
Standardized testing is a growing phenomenon in schools. In part, standardized tests are presumed to be an effective and appropriate means to increase standards for schooling, holding students, teachers, and administrators more accountable for learning. There is, however, much debate
regarding the appropriateness of assessment driving curriculum versus curriculum
driving the assessment and this conference will contribute to that discussion.
Parents, students, educators and
researchers across the country are weighing in on these matters and the
main goal of this interactive
conference is to bring what is otherwise a cacophony of voices together.
And in hearing these voices, to develop programs of action that are grounded
in the complex, politicized world of schooling.
Conference Agenda Saturday June 3, 2000 8:30-9:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee
9:00-9:15 a.m. Opening Remarks E. Wayne Ross,
SUNY Binghamton
9:15-10:00 a.m. Keynote Addresses I Monty Neill,
Executive Director, FairTest
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-11:00 a.m. Panel Responses/Questions to Keynote
I
11:00-11:45 a.m. Whole group discussion of issues
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Lunch
12:45-1:45 p.m. Keynote Addresses II
1:45-2:30 p.m. Panel Responses/Questions to Keynote
II
2:30-3:15 p.m. Whole group discussion of issues
3:15-3:30 p.m. Break
3:30-4:30 p.m. Small Working Groups
4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Group reports & Discussion
Invited
Speakers
Dr.
Monty Neill is Executive
Director of The National Center for Fair and Open Testing (FairTest) and
author of numerous studies and reports on the use of standardized testing.
FairTest is an advocacy organization working ensure that evaluation of
students is and workers is fair, open, and educationally sound.
Susan Ohanian
is a longtime teacher and free-lance writer whose articles have appeared
in periodicals ranging from the Atlantic and Washington Monthly
to Phi Delta Kappan and Education Week. Ohanian is the author
of more than a dozen books including One Size Fits Few: The Folly of
Educational Standards and WhoÕs In Charge? A Teacher Speaks
Her Mind.
Sandra Mathison
is Associate Dean of the School of Education at SUNY Albany. Her research
focuses on philosophical issues in educational evaluation, including the
logic of evaluative thinking, validity, and justice. Mathison has written
about these topics in many journals including Educational Researcher,
Journal of Curriculum and Supervision, Evaluation and Program
Planning, Curriculum and Teaching, and the International Journal
for Social Education, and numerous book chapters as well.
S. G. Grant
is a professor in the Graduate School of Education at SUNY Buffalo. He
is the author of Reforming Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, which
reports a study of how teachers manage a range of reforms, such as new
tests, textbooks, and curriculum frameworks.
Other participants include: James
Collins, SUNY Albany;
Linda Irwin, SUNY
Binghamton; Kristi Fragnoli,
SUNY Cortland; Peter Johnston,
SUNY Albany; Nancy Schniederwind,
SUNY New Paltz; Stephen C. Fleury,
Le Moyne College; Rich Gibson,
Wayne State University; David W. Hursh,
University of Rochester; Kevin D. Vinson,
Loyola College (MD).
Registration Fee: $15.00 (includes
lunch)
Please register by May 26, 2000: Standardized Testing Conference
Space is Limited
For More Information Contact: Sandra Mathison
E. Wayne Ross
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