In her work‚ High Stakes: Seminole Gaming and Sovereignty‚ Jessica Cattelino writes on her studies and observations with the Seminole Indian tribe in south Florida. Within her ethnographic research‚ she analyzes how the Seminole Indians have reconstructed and materialized their sovereignty through tribal gaming. Since the start of American history‚ all Native Indian tribes have fought for their land‚ culture and self-worth. When the United States began to be recognized as its own nation‚ citizens
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James P. Collins What Was at Stake? Analyzing the Significance of the Scopes Monkey Trial for American Education Analytical Introduction This article was written to remind students and teachers of the past historical events which served to shape current American education trends‚ standards‚ policies‚ and norms. In writing this piece‚ I hope to highlight a pivotal point in American education history when the right to think and question and status quo was threatened. I carefully contemplated
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Name Teacher Course Date Low-Stakes Response Essay on Gender and Sexuality Prompt: What is beautiful? What does the word mean to you? How is your interpretation different from the advertisers’ ideal of beauty? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines beauty as‚ “the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit.” After watching the many different video clips and also looking at this dictionary definition‚ I would
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Prepping for High-Stakes Test Interfere with Teaching? Meecha Easton AED 200 January 27‚ 2013 Stacey Ryerson Does Prepping for High-Stakes Test Interfere with Teaching? Introduction The purpose of any teacher is to ensure the best education her students could get. Student learning should based on cognitive thinking skills and learning‚ not just declarative knowledge and basic skills. In the United States‚ however‚ high-stakes testing has complicated
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Holder‚ 132 S. Ct. 1166 (2012)‚ the Supreme Court held that it was possible for one to willfully evade or defeat the payment of a tax without engaging in fraud or deceit by filing a true return but moving one’s assets beyond the IRS’s reach. That is‚ a taxpayer
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High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest Published: August 26‚ 2002 Author: Michael A. Roberto Executive Summary: On May 10‚ 1996‚ five mountaineers from two teams perished while climbing Mount Everest. Is there anything business leaders can learn from the tragedy? HBS professor Michael A. Roberto used the tools of management to find out. Plus: Q&A with Michael Roberto * Easy Print View * E-mail To A Friend * Share Article o Add to Del.ici.ous
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We‚ the undersigned‚ are petitioning Congress and President George W. Bush to abolish the "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND" Act. We feel that high stakes testing is no longer being used for assessment purposes. These tests are now being used for the sole determination of graduation. Our classrooms are turning into testing prep centers. This testing has become a substitute for the curriculum instead of simply a measure of it. The President and Congress claim they want "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND". They have
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(Coltrane‚ 2002‚ p.1). This denotes a question of validity and reliability with assessment. The positive and negative effects for ELLs may result on the heightened emphasis on high-stakes testing because their assessments are meant to raise the standards for learning; however‚ the disadvantage is that most of these high-stakes tests are only offered in English. When ELLs do not have access to the assessment due to their lack of language‚ it is hard to determine what is truly being tested; the content
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The search terms I used were “accommodations on high-stakes testing students with disabilities”. The database I used was the UNF Library‚ I performed a general search and narrowed the results by peer reviewed and full-test availability. I chose this study because I was familiar with the group of researchers and found their previous work interesting and very informative. The subject matter speaks to me and directly affects me since I am currently teaching special needs students. Fletcher‚ Jack
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A Comparative Study of Nivea‚ Amway and CavinKare with regard to Sales and Distribution Strategy – An Action Plan Version 0.0 [Date published] Presented by: Action Plan This includes the plan of action proposed after the discussion among team member to tackle the ‘A Comparative Study of Nivea‚ Amway and CavinKare with regard to Sales and Distribution Strategy’ Plan Overview Brands Studied: Nivea‚ Amway Industry: Fast Moving Consumer Goods Segment: Body/Skin Care
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