Say Goodbye to Drill-and-Kill Teaching: Authentic Reading and Writing Experiences Are Enough to Reach Struggling Students

Autor/in	Simpson, Eric
Titel	Say Goodbye to Drill-and-Kill Teaching: Authentic Reading and Writing Experiences Are Enough to Reach Struggling Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Staff Development, 36 (2015) 6, S.48-52 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0276-928X
Schlagwörter	Educational Planning; Reading Improvement; Writing Improvement; Educational Change; Educational Strategies; Educational Practices; Private Schools; School Districts; School Turnaround; Educational Experience; Standardized Tests; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsplanung; Bildungsreform; Lehrstrategie; Bildungspraxis; Private school; Privatschule; School district; Schulbezirk; Bildungserfahrung; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test
Abstract	When leaders in Lewisville Independent School District in Texas saw the district's writing scores on STAAR--the Texas standardized tests introduced in 2011--they panicked. They were not alone. The response from many neighboring districts, and from some of Lewisville's own campuses, was a renewed commitment to summer and after-school drill-and-kill tutorials. Some campuses extend the oppositional language further, naming their programs STAAR Boot Camp and STAAR Wars. Each individual student against the test. After two years, Lewisville's scores stagnated. Frustration was high; teachers and students burned out. As the district's secondary literacy and language arts administrator, the author knew they were at a turning point: Do they double-down on this testing practice, or do they try something completely different? The author worked with principals, department heads, and teachers to put together a comprehensive literacy improvement plan to address concerns while adhering to the district's core belief about student learning: High-quality, research-based instruction is enough to turn the tide, and practice tests and drills should be abandoned. The plan, its implementation, and success are discussed in this article. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01