[RSCT] Fw: [shjhcoalition] Test, Punish, and Push Out

[Rick Kisséll]

      Advancement Project is pleased to announce the release of a new report: Test, Punish, and Push Out: How "Zero Tolerance" and High Stakes Testing Funnel Youth into the School to Prison Pipeline.  The report looks at how punitive discipline and testing policies and practices have combined to turn many schools into hostile and alienating environments that drive youth out of school and toward the juvenile and criminal justice systems.  The report explores: 

The common origins and ideological roots of zero tolerance and high-stakes testing; 
The current state of zero-tolerance school discipline across the country, including local, state, and national data; 
How high-stakes testing affects students, educators, and schools; 
How zero tolerance and high-stakes testing have become intertwined and even mutually reinforcing, combining to push huge numbers of students out of school; and 
Successful grassroots efforts to eliminate harmful discipline and testing practices. 
We hope that the data (from over 25 states) and research included in the report will be helpful with your efforts to address these issues in your communities. And we hope that we will be able to work with many of you over the coming months (and years) to roll back the test-and-punish movement at the local, state, and federal levels, particularly through the reauthorization of ESEA/NCLB. 
The report can be found at : http://www.advancementproject. org/sites/ default/files/ publications/ 01-EducationRepo rt-2009v8- HiRes.pdf
 
Jim Freeman, Esq.*
Director, Ending the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track Project
Advancement Project
1220 L Street, NW, #850
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 728-9557 x322
(202) 728-9558 fax
www.advancementproject.org
* admitted in California and Washington, DC


    
     

    
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