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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Classroom teachers aren't doing the research, they aren't longitudinal studies of student performance, they aren't comparing student performance across different environments, they aren't doing detailed analysis of Special Needs students, they aren't researching different teaching methods and outcomes, [b]the only things they know are what are directly in front of them.[/b][/quote]

Researchers are not trying out curriculum based on the standards or trying to write lessons based on the curriculum that is based on the standards.  Researchers do not see the immediate feedback that comes from a real student who is in front of them.  Researchers NEED the teacher feedback in order to rewrite the standards.  Who do you think is compiling the student performance data?  Unless it is all gathered from the tests and only from the tests?  Many teachers analyze Special Needs students who are in front of them every day.  They see the outcomes that are based on the methods immediately and up close.  Yes, teachers only know what is in front of them, but that is A LOT.  Especially a teacher who has had a lot in front of them over 25+ years.  It adds up.  Looking at numbers on pieces of paper can tell you something, but it cannot tell you close to everything.  They can theorize based on the data, but the teachers are actually involved in the practice and the practice is where all the theory can come to naught[b] based on the things that are directly in front of them.[/b]

Oh, yeah, [b]those things directly in front of them [/b]are called students and they are the most important part of this whole business.  They are the core. [/quote]

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