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March 17, 2008 Is CSAP Improving Education? A Colorado Matters Special
We discuss the Colorado Student Assessment Program. In public schools across the state, students are spending hours on the tests this month. And the results are hugely important. We hear from Colorado's commissioner of education, school administrators, teachers, a parent activist and students.
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March 21, 2006 CSAP Bill
According to the State Department of Education, about 1500 children in the state did not take the Colorado Student Assessment Program test last year. Parent Angela Engel and Republican State Representative Matt Knoedler talk to Ryan Warner about a bill in the state legislature that would stop penalizing schools if students don't take the test.
Angela Engel Parent, Project Director, Children's Action Agenda & outspoken critic of CSAP Angela Engel is currently the project director for the “Children’s Action Agenda,” a collaborative initiative to address the comprehensive needs of Colorado’s children. Engel has been an advocate for children and families for the past fifteen years...
Centennial Citizen News By Peter Jones Published: 03.01.10
Former teacher Angela Engel is not shy about expressing her views on K-12 education - whether she is preaching to the converted in the school break room or teaching lawmakers a thing or two at the state Capitol. “I sit in these meetings and I hear conversation after conversation about education, and the word ‘child’ is nowhere in those discussions,” said the activist, policy adviser and onetime political candidate.
Seeds of Tomorrow: Solutions for Improving our Children’s Education
By Angela Engel Foreword by Deborah Meier Paradigm Publishers (Paperback forthcoming March 2010 ISBN: 978-1-59451-779-2, $19.95) Length: 160 pages
Book news for immediate release It’s that time of year again where students across Colorado are sharpening their number two pencils in preparation for the Colorado Student Assessment Program, CSAP. Only this year Centennial Mother and author, Angela Engel, is leading the challenge to these state-wide tests. In her new book, Seeds of Tomorrow; Solutions for Improving our Children’s Education, Engel advocates leaving behind the federal law No Child Left Behind, NCLB, currently being considered for re-authorization.
Engel says, “Reforms over the past decade such as Standards 2000 and NCLB have centered on high-stakes testing. Despite billions of dollars on tracking and testing the achievement gap has not narrowed, drop-outs have not decreased and there has been no rise in college enrollments. Testing as a means to improve schools is not supported by the data or the experts. Yet, Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan through the Race to the Top Initiative has again turned to high-stakes test as a means for reforming schools.” ‘Race to the Top’ funding for which Colorado is included in the fifteen finalists ties fifty percent of teacher pay to student performance on state tests, CSAP. Senate Bill 212 calls for revisions to CSAP and expands standards and high-stakes testing to pre-school through second grade. The fiscal note for the bill which was passed in 2008 has just been determined at $80 million dollars. “In the context of shrinking budgets and limited dollars, it’s time we turn our attention to school improvements that work - smaller class sizes and engaging instruction that is personalized, not standardized,” writes Engel.
Her book, Seeds of Tomorrow, hits bookshelves this month in paperback. The campaign to get a copy in the hands of every legislator, superintendent, and school board member is well under way. Paradigm Publishers are marketing the book for course adoption in teacher education programs throughout the nation. Reviewers are claiming it as a “must read” for every parent and teacher.
Angela Engel writes from her experiences as a teacher, parent, school administrator, speaker, and policy advisor. Currently a facilitator for the Family Leadership Training Institute, she earned her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Colorado–Denver. Her work with state legislators has led to policies that improve learning and opportunities for Colorado’s children.
“I’ve witnessed an enormous disconnect between what parents want from their children’s education and what policy makers are mandating. I wrote Seeds of Tomorrow to bridge the divide between policy and the real lives of children.”
“No child Left Behind and high-stakes testing have reinforced the lowest levels of thinking and learning in our students and now performance pay and Race to the Top are going to promote the worst teaching practices.”
“Standards don’t teach children, people do and the people are what matter in education - teachers, parents, and students.”
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Book Synopsis
Seeds of Tomorrow: Solutions for Improving our Children’s Education
By Angela Engel Foreword by Deborah Meier Paradigm Publishers (Paperback forthcoming March 2010 ISBN: 978-1-59451-779-2, $19.95) Length: 160 pages
Synopsis This inspiring author moves beyond criticism of public education uniting readers toward a vision of educating children that is holistic, intelligent, and empowering. Seeds of Tomorrow: Solutions for Improving Our Children’s Education offers reasonable alternatives to high-stakes testing. Engel promotes educational philosophies in support of differentiation and personalization rather than uniformity and conformity. She introduces school collaborative accountability models ensuring academic integrity and excellence on behalf of students, teachers, and our communities.
In a time of political transition and optimism, Americans are looking for the means to improve our nation’s schools. Engel acknowledges the interdependence between education, democratic citizenship, the global work force, the economy, the individual and the community. She seeks not to create consensus on a singular school model but rather to build a common framework. New decisions necessitate a clear understanding of where we’ve come from and where we’re headed.
Written for parents, teachers, administrators, students, and policy makers committed to children and change, the book is hopeful in its analysis of our current challenges: poverty, inequity, and budget shortfalls. It is also sensible in its examination of today’s proposals including performance pay, magnet schools, charter schools, and vouchers. Uniquely engaging and surprisingly entertaining, Engel’s combination of story telling and research data offers a comprehensive guide to cultivating future generations of problem-solvers and leaders.
Reviews
“It’s about time someone wrote this book.”---Deborah Meier
Sharing her unique, insider perspective on school reform, Angela Engel offers readers documented reason for outrage but also community-based steps for change. If we roll up our sleeves and challenge the current push toward standardization, Angela’s plan will help us bring school policy back to our communities so that our children-- tomorrow’s leaders--will have the foundation they need. ---Susan Ohanian, teacher, author, and education leader
Seeds of Tomorrow: Solutions for Improving Our Children’s Education is inspired, informed, written with keen insight and clarity--and to the point! I visualize Angela’s book and her enlightened advocacy spearheading a new beginning to wake up teachers, parents, the public, teacher educators.... I’m certain she will bring her passionate and articulate message to teacher groups, parent organizations, the media and politicians-very possibly guiding us into a new age where the welfare of all children and their families, not high-stakes testing and uniformity of so-called standards, becomes a national priority. ---Richard Lakin Author of Teaching as an Act of Love
Angela Engel’s book, The Seeds of Tomorrow, Solutions for Improving Our Children’s Education, provides a thoughtful analysis of the current overemphasis on testing in schools, and the ramifications to children and the future of our nation. She presents a convincing argument for teaching our children not just facts and answers for the tests, but for thinking skills of analysis, synthesis, and forming questions about themselves and their world. As she stated in chapter six, “The goal is not what you learn today, the goal is to expand your capacity to learn everyday.” From her background as a parent, classroom teacher, administrator, and polity advisor, the author brings a unique overall viewpoint to this work as well as her concerns for all our children, our “Seeds of Tomorrow”. ---Nancy Podio, former school librarian in Austin Texas
“A valuable guide for reconstructing an education that responds to the needs of heart and mind while contributing to a productive and just society.” ---Dr. Henry. M. Levin, Teachers College, Columbia University
Having worked with Angela to affect positive change in the Colorado state legislature, I thought I would already know most of the information in Seeds of Tomorrow. I was wrong. From the very first chapter, I was amazed by how much I DIDN’T know. There were moments when I was angered to tears by the accounts parents gave of their children’s humiliating experiences as a result of standardized testing, and gasps of horror when I realized how broken our educational system really is at this moment in history. I have given copies of this book to my children’s principals, fellow teachers, and any parents whom I feel are willing to take a stand for the future of education in America.--- Kelye Lotz-Andrews, Mother, Educator and Citizen Advocate
“If we roll up our sleeves and challenge the current push toward standardization, Angela’s plan will help us bring school policy back to our communities so that our children-- tomorrow’s leaders-will have the foundation they need.”
“A valuable guide for reconstructing an education that responds to the needs of heart and mind while contributing to a productive and just society.”
“I realized how broken our educational system really is at this moment in history. I have given copies of this book to my children’s principals, fellow teachers, and any parents whom I feel are willing to take a stand for the future of education in America.”
Deborah W. Meier is currently on the faculty of New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education, as senior scholar and adjunct professor as well as Board Member and Director of New Ventures at Mission Hill, Director and Advisor to Forum for Democracy and Education, and on the board of the Coalition of Essential Schools.
Author Bio
About Angela Engel Angela Engel has been an advocate for children and families and for the advancement of education for the past fifteen years. She earned her baccalaureate in Communications and Business Administration at the University of Denver, and received her Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Colorado at Denver.
Angela’s advocacy for children began in her early twenties when she founded a mentoring and tutoring program for at-risk youth in Denver Public Schools. Angela taught in Douglas County Schools and served as high school instructor and Academic Director for the “Denver Street Schools” – a privately funded, alternative high school providing a “last chance” education to inner city students. As educator, administrator and staff developer she has continuously demonstrated her commitment to an equitable and meaningful education for every child. A mother of two school age children, she is well versed in the challenges to our schools and the importance of public education.
In 2006 Angela was a candidate for the Colorado House of Representatives. In a six month campaign she raised $40,000 and outperformed the district by eleven percentage points. Despite being outnumbered two-to-one in voter registration, she earned bipartisan support and garnered 49% of the votes. She has declined further invitations to run for public office, but remains active in the educational policy arena. Angela served as project director for the 2008Children’s Action Agenda, organizing children’s advocacy groups from around the state on a common legislative platform. The majority of those initiatives were subsequently adopted in the Colorado Legislature. Additionally, her leadership and philanthropic activities have helped provide permanent housing for homeless families and Christmas gifts for homeless teens living at the Urban Peak shelter. Together with her children, Grace (12) and Sophie (10) she fosters litters of puppies for the Denver Dumb Friends League.
Currently Angela is the regional training director for a Parent Literacy Program as well as a facilitator for the Family Leadership Training Institute. She is author of the book, Seeds of Tomorrow; Solutions for Improving our Children’s Education. The book’s foreword is written by Deborah Meier and it is endorsed by Dr. Henry Levin, Columbia University and Michael Petit, Every Child Matters. Paradigm Press is dually marketing the book for course adoption in teacher education programs throughout the United States and it will be available in the trade book market this March. Seeds of Tomorrow: Solutions for Improving our Children’s Education, the new book by Colorado author Angela Engel and published by Paradigm Press, will be available in the trade book market in March, 2010.
Sample Interview
Seeds of Tomorrow: Solutions for Improving our Children’s Education, By Angela Engel
Q - What motivated you to write the book Seeds of Tomorrow; Solutions for Improving our Children’s Education?
Angela - I’ve had the unique opportunity to look at education from multiple perspectives. I founded a mentoring program while earning my degree at Denver University. I’ve taught in both elementary and high-school. I’m a parent with two daughters Grace 12 and Sophie 10. I have a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. I’ve served on the administrative end. And, since my run for the Colorado House of Representatives in 2006, I’ve specialized in education policy. I’ve witnessed an enormous disconnect between what parents want from their children’s education and what policy makers are mandating. I wrote Seeds of Tomorrow to bridge the divide between policy and the real lives of children. My goal is to unite parents and citizens in concern for our children and in a shared commitment to extraordinary public schools.
Q - Your book, Seeds of Tomorrow, is critical of the No Child Left Behind Act. What do you think of President Obama’s plans to amend the bill and what are your thoughts on the Race to the Top Initiative?
Angela - Well frankly, I’m disappointed in President Obama’s recent announcement regarding his intentions to renew NCLB. Currently there is a trend towards evidence-based programs. Yet, there is no evidence to indicate any success associated with high-stakes testing. We’ve spent billions of taxpayer dollars while high-stakes testing has failed to narrow the achievement gap, decrease the drop-out rate, or increase college enrollment. After seven years, if a policy isn’t working, we ought to expect our representatives to take a different approach.
With regard to the Race to the Top Initiative, the public is finding that the U.S. Department of Education is good with titles and bad with policies. Race to the Top is simply a disguise for Performance Pay. Once again there is no evidence to support Performance Pay as an effective model for improving schools. We’ve been able to witness that first hand here in Colorado with Denver’s Performance Pay model. The problem is that the tools policy makers rely on to measure teacher performance are inadequate. NCLB and high-stakes testing have reinforced the lowest levels of thinking and learning in our students and now performance pay and Race to the Top are going to promote the worst teaching practices.
During this economic crises Congress should use the $4 billion dollars to create jobs, including improving health care for children by bringing back school nurses and lowering class sizes by hiring more teachers.
Q- There’s currently a debate over the development of National Standards, what’s your opinion?
Angela - Can you think of a single high school that hasn’t offered American History, World History, Geography; Algebra, geometry, and calculus; chemistry & physics; as well as Literature? Many would argue that we’ve had a standardized curriculum for the past century. When the Governor’s Board came together in 1989 to develop statewide standards they thought standards were an original idea. State standards were later adopted by President Clinton in Goals 2000. Now here we are 20 years later and the conversation is about National Standards. Standards are not a new concept. The problem is that Governors ordinarily don’t come from an education background and they just keep reinventing the wheel. Curriculum guides, state standards, national standards - it doesn’t matter it’s still the same wheel it just keeps getting more expensive. Standards don’t teach children, people do and the people are what matter in education - teachers, parents, and students.
The policy makers keep striving towards uniformity and conformity. While standardization is helpful for data collection and spread sheets, it’s of no value for students who need to be politically empowered, civically engaged, socially adept, and intellectually prepared for competitive job markets and an uncertain economy. Basically, we as parents don’t need another Governor’s Board version of the education wheel - we want wings for our children.
Q - Throughout the book you illustrate your opposition to the way we are measuring students. What do you propose as an alternative to standardized tests?
Angela - Districts administer in the area of 8-12 standardized tests to students annually. Used appropriately some standardized measures can provide educators with useful information. However, because state-wide tests are generalized to over thousands of students there are severe limitations in test structure and format. Tests like CSAP are not diagnostic. We all agree that children need to be able to read, write, and problem-solve. Where we disagree is whether shaded bubbles or the letter ‘C’ is a proper indicator of those skills.
Quality education assessments require that students apply their knowledge in real-world contexts. Dr. William Spady provides the example, “We wouldn’t expect airplane pilots to be prepared to fly a plane full of people based on their answers to multiple choice questions.” Students need actual life scenarios in which to apply the knowledge they have learned without artificial time constraints such as those imposed by state tests. I suggest using multiple measures, both qualitative and quantitative. Students think differently and they need different means to demonstrate their complex understanding on an ongoing basis. They also need real world contexts and timely feedback that has been evaluated by professional teachers experienced in education. The CSAP for example is evaluated by Kelly Girls - temp workers who aren’t even required to have education experience. Our classrooms need to be driven with good instruction not dominated by assessment and government reporting.
Q - Specifically how would you approach accountability in a way that is different from the current model?
Angela - I advocate for restoring local control. Districts have distinct differences. A school in rural Montezuma has entirely different challenges than a school in DPS. Local changes have the greatest impact and I support decentralization and control for local school boards. Although my book, Seeds of Tomorrow, outlines a reconstitution plan for local school boards.
Governor Ritter’s first order of business was to expand standards and standardized testing into the primary grades (preschool - 2nd grade) in the CAP4K bill. After his appointment, Commissioner Dwight Jones re-wrote the state standards. Now they want to re-write the state tests under the claims of “better” and “more improved” - that’s the same propaganda that was used to sell CSAP in the first place. Every time a new governor or commissioner come in they re-write the same policies - same song, same tune, new price tag. The fiscal note on the CAP4K bill is $80 million dollars. Policies that seek to oversimplify a highly complex system and the unique and personal process of human development are crippling our neighborhood schools and costing our children valuable opportunities.
It is not acceptable to be spending that kind of money on re-writing standards and creating new tests at the same time districts around the state are forced to close neighborhood schools. I think we’re finally beginning to see the signs of public outrage! Small class sizes are the best answer to improvement. Our local schools and neighborhoods need the resources, tools, and the authority to identify and solve the problems specific to their community.
Q - In Seeds of Tomorrow’s chapter on challenges, you write about the inequities between affluent and low-income districts. Do you see the problem as getting worse or better?
Angela - The initial version of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act targeted resources to children with the highest needs - low income, children with disabilities, and English second language learners. The result of greater resources targeted to the highest needs led to the highest college graduation rates ever recorded. Talk about an economic stimulus plan! Unfortunately the No Child Left Behind reversed those gains. Those dollars now are allocated to data management and stacks of reports that no one reads. NCLB and mandated testing has not narrowed the achievement gap and we have not seen an increase in high-school graduation rates. In fact, the only increases we have seen are in college tuition rates which have risen at a faster rate since the passage of NCLB than any time in previous history. So the issue of inequities is getting worse now that all of the resources are going to test publishers such as McGraw Hill and the exorbitant costs of complying with burdensome federal, state, and district mandates.
Q - Do you feel that charter schools have been a benefit or a detriment to public schools?
Angela - I have mixed feelings when it comes to charter schools. I appreciate that they have promoted different education models. However, I frequently hear from parents broken hearted over the closure of their neighborhood school. I don’t believe that one parent’s choice should come at the expense of another. Magnet schools where school districts offer differentiated education models is the direction I’d like to see districts move.
Q - Obviously, our schools are a popular subject of debate. What do you see as the biggest problems facing public education? What do you recommend as solutions to those problems?
Angela - 1) Standardization - If we are successful at standardizing this coming generation we will have condemned our country. Not only will we have failed to cultivate the individual gifts and talents unique to every student but we will no longer be competitive in the world market place. The Solution is to diversify our educational system. Engineers for example are historically known to be weaker in the areas of writing and verbal communication. Under the current model teachers don’t have the professional latitude to build from that child’s science and mathematical strengths. Instead they’ve got to drill and kill that kid on writing so he meets some arbitrary and artificial indicator of grade proficiency (when in actuality the poor kids essay which was actually quite good, but the unskilled temp worker who spent 3 min. evaluating the essay had difficulty reading his handwriting.) We need classrooms and schools that teach the fundamental skills but provide opportunities for students in their area of interest, whether it is carpentry, graphic design, leadership, foreign language, music, or engineering.
2) The second problem is that we are spending money in the wrong places. The word accountability has turned into a license for red tape - very expensive red tape. We are spending millions on tests only to find that the tests, like CSAP and NEAP, come out with contradictory results. 10 years later and billions of dollars down the drain we find out that the scores tell more about the tests than the students, teachers, or schools.
SES is the greatest indicator of performance on test scores whether it is CSAP, SAT or ACT. Instead of giving low-income children, children with disabilities, and at-risk children essential resources like counseling services, mentors, tutors, after-school programs, and intervention services, schools are forced by NCLB to place those children in test-preparation courses. A special ed teacher at the capitol reported it took her 12 hrs to administer the CSAP to a child with severe disabilities. In this time of shrinking budgets and limited dollars, we need to direct our dollars intelligently and spend time on the lessons that count for something later.
Q- I understand that you withhold your children from taking CSAP tests. Do you encourage other parents to do the same and what do you hope to accomplish by boycotting the test?
Angela - I encourage parents to act in the best interest of their child. I’m often asked if opting out hurts my daughters’ schools. Bad policies are what hurt schools and complying with those policies doesn’t change them.
Public education was founded because our nation’s leaders at the time recognized that a democracy required an educated citizenry. In order to hold our elected representatives accountable and to adequately monitor government policies, citizens must be knowledgeable and empowered. Today’s government has reshaped the purpose of education. Our children are now being asked to police teachers and schools. It’s an oppressive system, not an empowering one. With government mandating standardization and high-stakes testing we’re promoting non-thinkers and conformists - not leaders. Parents by opting out of the test have the power to flip this model on its head. We can say to legislators and policy makers it’s not your job to monitor our children - it’s our job and the schools job to prepare them to monitor YOU! That’s the original design of public education and a critically thinking, well-educated, and politically engaged communities are a necessity for democracy. Yes, I encourage parents to opt out of CSAP.
Q - Your book is unique in that it addresses the difficult subject of education policy in a way that appeals to a general audience. Who is your targeted audience and where do you go from here?
Angela - The targeted audience is broad. The last chapter has a specific section for teachers, parents, administrators, policy makers, and students. Having been a teacher in both high-school and elementary, the book appeals to educators. Many schools are picking it up for faculty book study. However, I specifically wrote the book for parents and the lay audience. It’s difficult to make sense of all of this and yet these education reforms touch the lives of our children on a daily basis.
I knew no one wanted to read a book on education policy, so I tried to make it short and engaging. My publisher, Paradigm Publishers, is also marketing it for course adoption in teacher education programs in colleges and universities throughout the nation. I continue to advocate on behalf of children. I’ve been invited to speak at PTA meeting, and various groups and agencies. I am a facilitator for the Family Leadership Training Institute. FLTI is a free program available in five pilot communities across the state. The goal is to support families and children by promoting leadership and civic engagement. I invite your audience to learn more at my website angelaengel.com and to sign up for the monthly newsletter which includes resources and action items.
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Reviews “It’s about time someone wrote this book.”---Deborah Meier Sharing her unique, insider perspective on school reform, Angela Engel offers readers documented reason for outrage but also community-based steps for change. If we roll up our sleeves and challenge the current push toward standardization, Angela’s plan will help us bring school policy back to our communities so that our children-- tomorrow’s leaders--will have the foundation they need. ---Susan Ohanian, teacher, author, and education leader Seeds of Tomorrow: Solutions for Improving Our Children’s Education is inspired, informed, written with keen insight and clarity--and to the point! I visualize Angela’s book and her enlightened advocacy spearheading a new beginning to wake up teachers, parents, the public, teacher educators.... I’m certain she will bring her passionate and articulate message to teacher groups, parent organizations, the media and politicians-very possibly guiding us into a new age where the welfare of all children and their families, not high-stakes testing and uniformity of so-called standards, becomes a national priority. ---Richard Lakin Author of Teaching as an Act of Love Angela Engel’s book, The Seeds of Tomorrow, Solutions for Improving Our Children’s Education, provides a thoughtful analysis of the current overemphasis on testing in schools, and the ramifications to children and the future of our nation. She presents a convincing argument for teaching our children not just facts and answers for the tests, but for thinking skills of analysis, synthesis, and forming questions about themselves and their world. As she stated in chapter six, “The goal is not what you learn today, the goal is to expand your capacity to learn everyday.” From her background as a parent, classroom teacher, administrator, and polity advisor, the author brings a unique overall viewpoint to this work as well as her concerns for all our children, our “Seeds of Tomorrow”. ---Nancy Podio, former school librarian in Austin Texas “A valuable guide for reconstructing an education that responds to the needs of heart and mind while contributing to a productive and just society.” ---Dr. Henry. M. Levin, Teachers College, Columbia University Having worked with Angela to affect positive change in the Colorado state legislature, I thought I would already know most of the information in Seeds of Tomorrow. I was wrong. From the very first chapter, I was amazed by how much I DIDN’T know. There were moments when I was angered to tears by the accounts parents gave of their children’s humiliating experiences as a result of standardized testing, and gasps of horror when I realized how broken our educational system really is at this moment in history. I have given copies of this book to my children’s principals, fellow teachers, and any parents whom I feel are willing to take a stand for the future of education in America. --- Kelye Lotz-Andrews, Mother, Educator and Citizen Advocate “If we roll up our sleeves and challenge the current push toward standardization, Angela’s plan will help us bring school policy back to our communities so that our children-- tomorrow’s leaders-will have the foundation they need.”
• “A valuable guide for reconstructing an education that responds to the needs of heart and mind while contributing to a productive and just society.” • “I realized how broken our educational system really is at this moment in history. I have given copies of this book to my children’s principals, fellow teachers, and any parents whom I feel are willing to take a stand for the future of education in America.”
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