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How Assessments work based on theory

    One of the main reasons for the type of education that we have in the United States is because of the economical structure that is built-in. For example, who is profiting off of the education system the most? If you look into it deeply enough it is mostly white people who have a story to tell in their own way, but by doing this they are attempting to erase the important stories of minorities in this country. Their story is just as important and needs to be included into the education system more; their needs to be more truth-telling in order for these deep-rooted lies to be uprooted. 

    Assessments are a large part of our education system within the United States, therefore,  how these assessments are created is an important aspect that should be looked into properly. Many of the teachers within this country are white and are often teaching non-white students, however, if both the student and the teacher are coming from completely different perspectives then how are they supposed to learn effectively? This is why teachers need to be aware of their upbringing and be able to confront the differences in order to maximize the classroom that they will be teaching. 

    While watching the "LRA Research to Practice Episode", one of the presenters said something that I felt was very important to point out and I will also add my own thoughts to it. Since we are starting to move towards a "post-racist society" we can not all of a sudden just turn color blind and try to act like everyone has an equal opportunity in this country. In order to make the rights and opportunities within this country equal then there must be equitable teaching practices. Because of the certain foundations of this country, there are natural issues within the structure of our country and how it promotes certain people more than others. The issue is that it is so deeply rooted that people who have lived here their entire lives may not see it. Often times these deep-rooted issues are not obvious and looking at statistics does not always do justice to how these barriers are affecting people. 

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