Every year, hundreds of thousands of U.S. students take the National Assessment of Educational Progress (the NAEP), the federally authorized test known as the “nation’s report card.”
Education Week reported recently that, beginning in 2017, NAEP will ask “background questions” designed to gauge each student’s level of “motivation, mindset, and grit.”
...Questions in these categories will be presented to all test-takers.
Specific subject areas may include additional questions about other “noncognitive factors” such as “self-efficacy” and “personal achievement goals.”
...Only in the sense that every aspect of one’s personality might theoretically affect one’s academic performance.If we take that broad a view, there is no limit to what NAEP can ask about.
Do you find yourself getting frustrated when you study?
Does poor academic performance make your parents angry with you?
Do you have problems at home that might affect your schoolwork?
We’re here to help.
...In any event, it’s no surprise that a federal education program is moving beyond assessing academic knowledge and into the realm of attitudes, mindsets, and dispositions.
For years now, the federal government has openly advocated teaching and measuring the “appropriate” (that is, government-approved) mindsets for students.
The concept is known as “social/emotional learning,” or SEL.
Do we really want the government determining what types of attitudes and mindsets are necessary to be a ‘good citizen and worker’?
Where did this concept come from?..."
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