Standardized Education

The term factory model, as it applies to schooling, links together instructional, curricular, assessment, and behavioral standards into one package for teachers, schools, and districts. Attempts to reform schooling as we know it have failed due to the fact that technology has not been able to offer the same value of education, not all schools have technology readily available, and standardized test limit how computers could be used to advance learning. Rarely computers are used to teach content to students, more often, students use computers as a quick fix for answers. Furthermore, the computer lacks the implement of human connection in students learning. The computer is seen to limit students learning to strictly memorization of content instead …show more content…
Finally, attempts to reform schooling as we know it have failed due to the large amount of preparation time put toward preparing students for the multiple standardized tests and assessments. The large focus on tests and assessments have forced educators to worry less about student’s ability to construct individual understanding and more on memorization of standardized tests answers. The evolution of the American school system can be traced from the responsibility of the parents, to the community, to the state. In the past, education was the responsibility of the parents, children would learn from family member, friends, and apprenticeships on how to complete the job they would do for the rest of their lives. The idea of universal schooling states that a child’s education was not the responsibility of the parents, but rather the states. The four major events that helped shift the change in education included the invention of the printing press, the Reformation, the American Revolution, and the Industrial Revolution. The printing press allowed an increase in development and diffusion of knowledge to children, allowing more and more people to have access to educational resources. The