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STUDENT ASSESSMENT
Reshaping student assessment in CPS
Testing glossary
Chart: Standardized testing
in CPS, 2000-20001
Portfolios follow kids at Waters
New paper-pencil tests crowds 'best
in country' performance tests
Taking the road less travelled: Authentic assessment in other
locales
Closer to the classroom: What parents,
teachers and students think about student assessment in Chicago's public schools
Add your voice: On-line forum on testing
and assessment
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Intro | Participants
What's good about CPS testing | What's
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PARTICIPANTS
in the printed discussion
Participants in the focus groups were identified through a variety of
education and community organizations and the recommendations of numerous
educators. Some are affiliated with organizations that have been involved
in the testing debate, but every effort was made to ensure that the majority
of those participating were simply relating their own personal experiences
and perceptions.
Students
Bria Dolnick recently graduated from Whitney Young Magnet High
School and is headed to Beloit College. She is also a member of Organized
Students of Chicago, which advocated boycotting tests last spring.
Jimmy Harvard is a sophomore honors student at Manley Career Academy
High School.
Willie Little is a freshman at Lincoln Park High School and will
be in the honors program there.
Marco Mendez is a sophomore at the Noble Street Charter High School
who previously attended Kenwood Academy.
Anders Turpin is a senior at Whitney Young and a member of Organized
Students of Chicago.
Quintana Woodridge is a senior at Future Commons High School and
a field coordinator for the Southwest Youth Collaborative.
Lachundra Young is a freshman at Manley who participates in the
Street Level Youth Media Project.
Parents
Joe Balasa has a 7th-grader at Clissold Elementary School, the
fourth of his children to attend the school. He has been LSC chair at
Clissold for eight years.
Walter (“Slim”) Coleman has two children at Lozano Bilingual
Academy, serves on the local school councils at Lozano and Wells Community
Academy High School and is active in Parents United for Responsible Education.
Stacey Cooksey has three children attending Hoyne Elementary School;
she formerly served on the LSC at Shoesmith.
Maria Lugo has two granddaughters who have attended Carpenter Elementary
School and is a teacher’s assistant at Columbus. She is also involved
with the Puerto Rican Cultural Center.
Rochelle Moore has a son who is a sophomore at Crane High School
and an 11-year-old at Victor Herbert Elementary School. She is a former
LSC chair at Pope Elementary.
Fabian Muentes has two children attending Inter-American Magnet
School and is in his third year as an LSC member at the school.
Maria Mulcahy has two children at Lincoln Elementary School, one
in 4th grade and the other in 3rd.
Marcia Walsh has a child in 6th grade at Southerland Elementary
and two other children who graduated from the school. She has been an
LSC member for 11 years and is a staffer at the Beverly Area Planning
Association.
Teachers
Shari Frost teaches 1st grade at Norwood Park Elementary and has
been involved with the Chicago Foundation for Education.
Michelle Greenfield has been in the classroom for almost 10 years and
currently teaches 1st grade at Burley Elementary School.
Susan Kajiwara-Ansai is a teacher and literacy coordinator for several
Chicago elementary schools. She is a Golden Apple Award winner.
Debbie King has been a classroom teacher for nine years and most
recently taught at Finkl Academy Elementary. This year, she is teaching
5th grade at Burley.
Joyce Lipner has taught 7th- and 8th-grade science at Onahan Elementary
School; this year, she is the school’s mathematics-science-technology
coordinator. She is a member of the LSC and a CPS teacher mentor.
Heidi Luebs teaches 7th- and 8th-grade science at Burley and has
participated in the Rochelle Lee Fund.
Erin Roche teaches 7th- and 8th-grade language arts at Sabin Magnet
School and has been involved with the Rochelle Lee Fund and the Chicago
Area Writing Project. He was a Fullbright Scholar and also has participated
in the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Jeraldyne Saines teaches 7th- and 8th-grade language arts and co-founded
Nia Elementary, a small school, in 1992.
Jacqueline Sanders teaches 6th grade at Nia, where her courses
include cultural awareness, economics and government.
Michelle Smith teaches middle and high school math and is the lead
teacher at ACT Charter School.
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