Middle Grades Student Achievement and Poverty Levels: Implications for Teacher Preparation

Creator(s)

Lauren Dotson, Hardin Park School
Virginia Foley, East Tennessee State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 2016

Description

This paper provides a history of the standardized testing and accountability movement, the curriculum standards attached to the accountability movement, and the attempted shift to common core. Student poverty and its impact on student achievement the focus of this paper. Recognizing the impact of poverty on student achievement as measured by standardized tests the authors question the explicit practices of teacher preparation programs in preparing teacher candidates to work with students of poverty

Copyright Statement

© 2016 JW Press. This document was published with permission by the publisher. It was originally published in Journal of Learning in Higher Education.

Citation Information

Dotson, Lauren; and Foley, Virginia. 2016. Middle Grades Student Achievement and Poverty Levels: Implications for Teacher Preparation. Journal of Learning in Higher Education. Vol.12(2). 33-44.