Challenging Status Quo Retrenchment – New Directions in Critical Research Kress

Challenging Status Quo RetrenchmentNew Directions in Critical Research\nAuthor(s): Tricia M. Kress, Curry Malott, Brad J. Porfilio\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781623960490, 978-1623960490\nSynopsis\nThis year [tel] marks ten years of No Child Left Behind and the [url] federal governments official designation of what qualifies as scientifically based research (SBR) in education. Combined, these two policies have resulted in a narrowing of education via standardization and high stakes testing (Au, 2007) as well as the curtailment of forms of inquiry that are deemed legitimate for examining education (Wright, 2006). While there has been much debate about the benefits and limitations of the NCLB legislation ([url] Au, 2010) and SBR ([url] Eisenhart & Towne, 2003), critical researchers have held strong to their position: The reductionistic narrowing of education curricula and educational research .