How might high-stakes assessments facilitate ecoliteracy?

Lower income and minority groups tend to receive less ecological education. High-stakes testing is one way to monitor equitable distribution of learning resources (and development of locally-developed instructional materials for all cachement areas).

Berkowitz, A.R., Ford, M.E. & Brewer, C.A. (2005). A framework for integrating ecological literacy, civics literacy, and ecological citizenship in environmental education. In Johnson, E.A. & Mappin, M. Environmental education and advocacy: changing perspectives of ecology and education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 227- 266.