Public Dialogue on Standardized Testing, Nov 30
Site web de l’évènement:
http://vancouverpublicdialogue2012.eventbrite.com
Date(s) de l’évènement:
30 novembre 2012
Ville:
Vancouver
Pays:
Canada There is an Action Canada public dialogue taking place Friday, November 30th, from 8:00am to 9:30am. Moderated by Tom Clark (Chief Political Correspondent and Host of Global TV ‘s The West Block), the theme we will be exploring is:
“Standardized Testing in Canada: Real Accountability or an Illusion of Success?”
Focusing on British Columbia’s K-12 education systems, our guest speakers for this session include Peter Cowley (Senior Vice-President Operations and Director of School Performance Studies, The Fraser Institute), April Lowe (Grade 3 Teacher, Garibaldi Highlands Elementary School), and Joel Westheimer (University Research Chair, Sociology of Education, University of Ottawa).
This event will take place in the Asia Pacific Hall of Vancouver’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue (580 West Hastings Street).
This event is free, but registration is required: http://vancouverpublicdialogue2012.eventbrite.com
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
We hope to see you there!
-Sébastien Després and the Action Canada Task Force on Standardized Testing
Department of Anthropology
Memorial University of Newfoundland
(709)334-1166
