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The Standardized Movement

Explore the impact of standardized testing on social studies education, its influence on teaching practices, and proposed solutions for a more holistic approach. Understand the importance of valuing social studies in the curriculum.

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The Standardized Movement

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  1. The Standardized Movement Joseph S. Wang Topics in Social Studies Dr. Caroline Sullivan

  2. Horace Mann • “Father of American Public Education” • Secretary Massachusetts State Board of Education • Common Schools • “Education, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery” (Mann, p. 142, 1848). • Professional Development for Teachers

  3. Committees • Committee of Ten Madison, Committee of Seven, History Ten • First national effort to press for a social studies curriculum. • High School students were not learning the same thing. • To prepare students for college entrance exams • World History, U.S. History, Civics

  4. Standardized Testing • Most efficient way to assess the students • Accountability for Teachers • Social Studies has a trend of much lower scores than the other content areas

  5. Gerwin • Standardized testing has a big influence on teachers’ teaching practices • Restricts teachers’ ability to teach what they see as important or what they have the expertise in

  6. Yeager • Standardized testing within social studies has gotten teachers to take social studies more seriously • The standards movement has united the social studies curriculum across the nation • For some teachers, if social studies was not tested, it would not be valued by the students or the teachers

  7. How to Solve the Problem of Standardized Testing • Develop interdisciplinary units with the students that revolved around the social studies curriculum. • Increase the amount of time focused on other contents areas, but make social studies the main focus of those content areas (Volger, 2003).

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