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This paper explores two different types of films. One films is a documentary entitled
“Standardized”. The film explores different peoples thought on standardized testing and why it is
and isn’t a good thing to judge a student on. The other film is a Hollywood film entitled “Walkout”
is about a group of students who walked out of their schools to show that they were going to take
a stand on education equality. Throughout this paper, you will learn about the different themes and
the similarities and differences in these two films
Summary of Video’s
‘Standardized’ is shot from the filmmaker’s perspective as they interview parents, school
board members, teachers and politicians in order to dive deeper into understanding the nation wide
testing culture and the fallout occurring as a result. Later you learn that these tests cost millions of
dollars to create and procter but have warnings on them not to be used to judge a student’s
educational abilities on. Yet, these tests have become a measuring tool for politicians to make
budget cuts and school closures based off of. We see the effects of that policy on display when
filmmakers capture powerful footage of protests and rallies on the streets of Chicago. What was
supposed to be a bastion of education has become a wasteland due to school closings at the hands
of government programs like ‘Race to the Top.’ Lastly, the movie follows grassroots organizations
who are organizing and informing parents on how to opt out of these standardized tests, the only
effective way of combating these million dollar corporations.
‘Walkout’ is based on a true story about the 1968 East Los Angeles Chicano students
walkout to protest conditions within schools. Centered around Paula Crisostomo the movie follows
her as she attends a Chicano educational retreat and learns about the endless possibilities for her
and her people if they become organized. Upon stumbling onto west L.A schools and seeing the
better conditions she demands change. With the influence of Sal Castro as well as a political group
called the brown berets the students organize walkouts in order to protest the lack of action by the
local school board. Eventually these walkouts turn violent as police try to keep these students in
school but to no avail. After the organizers are arrested and with the help of the community the
school board enacts change and hears their demands.
Critical Analysis
1. Eryn- What is one central problem or issue presented in the movie(s)? Provide examples
to support your arguments
Throughout our movies, we saw two different themes. In the movie, Walk Out, there was
a theme of racial inequality in the school system. The students at the high school were basically
tormented because they were not Americans. They were beat by their teachers whenever they
spoke in their native tongue. One particular part of the movie that stood out to me spoke about
people’s nationalities. One particular student went home to tell her father about what she had
learned about her culture at camp, and she was informed by her father that the culture that she had
spoken of was not actually her culture. “You’re not a Chicana, I’m from the Philippines.” (25:4027:40) Through this film, we find that one student alone may not be able to make a change, but
together, much can be accomplished. “We turn our attention, not to the policymakers or the
secretaries of education, not to the foundations or the corporate reformers, but to the extraordinary
ordinary people for hope and inspiration as well as for living examples of transformative education
as it is practiced today (Ayers & Ayers, 2014).” Through this quote, it is obvious that there is
power in numbers.
Throughout the documentary Standardized, the theme was one of betrayal. Teachers
educated the audience about how misleading standardized tests are. In the beginning of the
documentary, an Albert Einstein quote that said “I believe in standardizing automobiles. I do not
believe in standardizing human beings. Standardization is a great pearl which threatens American
culture…” was flashed on the screen. I feel like he said exactly what everyone in this documentary
was thinking. In this documentary, there are many complaints about the “no child left behind” act.
This act greatly increased the number of tests that students have to take. These tests are schools
first priority instead of children actually learning. The documentary goes on to talk about how the
school system does not allow students to use their imaginations. The increase in standardized
testing is making this extremely hard. (15:30-17:30) It is argued that making students take
standardized tests is insufficient because the tests themselves can not give an accurate
evaluation of students’ knowledge or teachers’ abilities. Taking these tests is causing students to
HATE school, and that is not what we want. People are beginning not to trust public schools. It is
beginning to seem like “States are competing against one another for limited funding (there isn’t
room at “the top” for everyone), a system that is producing crafty winners and embittered losers.
Moreover, the race to the top has become America’s race for superiority and superpower status in
a world where we are quickly being “out-educated.”(Ginsberg, 2012)” Are students still allowed
to think on their own in this day in age? (9:38-11:50) Are test scores really an accurate way of
comparing schools. Parents have the ability to get their children out of taking certain standardized
tests, but many do not. “The weight of these observation scores varied, depending on whether a
teacher also had a value-added score based on her students’ performance on standardized tests.
(Dee & Wyckoff, 2017).”
2.) Maura- How are schools, students and communities depicted in each movie? Be sure to
compare/contrast the similarities and differences between the depictions. AND Do you believe
they give a fair and realistic representation? Why or why not? Present both sides of the argument.
In the documentary Standardized, it depicts how teachers and school board representatives
feel about standardized test and the truth behind them. This documentary shows more how the
parents feel about these test than how to kids feel. As kids grow up they are “trained” to take a test
properly so they will succeed in life. Parent on the other hand did not agree with this at all. They
believed that their kids shouldn’t have to take a test as a kindergartener to depict the rest of their
life. The parent communities in the film are shown as being strong and united. Once one parent
decided to not have their child take certain tests, other parents did research and did the same for
their children. Schools are shown in this documentary as almost worried and scared because the
standardized test are showing how well a school does and how well a teacher performs which is
not what they are meant to do . There was a part on the documentary that was about a boy who
had to write about what he did that summer. The boy stared it with “WOO-HOO!”. He was
marking wrong on his paper. The parents were very confused as to why he got a poor grade on his
paper. The teacher had them parents and child come on and read the paper. The boy was told that
he got points taken off because, woo-hoo, is not a complete sentence according the standardized
testing. Another professor says that tests are destroying our diversity of talents and homogenizing
people. Children are not necessarily getting “fair” treatment because of standardized testing. They
are created for there to be a high failure rate before the kids even begin the test.
In “Walkout”, the student put together a walkout movement in different schools in the area
to protest education equality. The Chicano students were upset that they were told that they had
less of a chance of going to to schools than others. In one part of the movie, two students were
speaking spanish to each other and the teacher brought them to the front of the room and they were
hit with a paddle for speaking spanish. It was their primary language and they were punished for
speaking it. In both of the films, the parents seem to be concerned with what is happening in their
child’s school. In “Walkout” the parents were concerned that their students were boycotting the
schools do it lack of equality in education. In “Standardized”, the parents are taking a stand for
their child because the tests they have to take are not fair. Since this was a true event, the
communities seemed to be depicted as they actually are. Both of these films show that the strength
and power you have if you stand together. It shows that you really do matter. In an in class reading
from the book, “Embracing Risk in Urban Education” by Alice Ginsberg, she states, “ At any given
time, students are in the Center talking and eating lunch together, making buttons and T-shirts (for
fundraising), planning community-based events, organizing workshops and after-school groups,
and thinking of ways to encourage more students to join them. (Ginsberg pg 85)” Although the
students are doing things for fundraising, they taking a stand for what they believe in and asking
people to join them, just like the student from “Walkout”.
3.) Jack- Who are the key individuals, organizations, movements, and programs. Discuss each and
how are they relevant to the issues presented in #1 and #2 above. Discuss how key individuals,
organizations, movements, and program are they influential?
4.) Garrick- How does the mainstream media (e.g., news, TV, Hollywood) shape public
perspectives and perpetuate myths of urban schooling? How do real-world grassroots
organizations, movements or groups push back against these myths regarding the topic/theme of
the films?
The Film ‘Walkout’ is a great example of how Hollywood shapes public perspectives and
use film dramatics to push myths of urban schooling, additionally within ‘Walkout’ we see time
centered footage about how the media shapes public narrative.. For instance throughout the movie
Paula Crisostomo is at conflict with her father during the protests. And this pushes the narrative
that anyone looking to achieve change are by themselves and that often parents do not support
their believes. But as you see in ‘Standardized’ often the parents are at the heart of change because
they are the taxpayers, the electorate and the idea of their rebellion incites fear in the established
politicians and companies who rely on them to produce their constituency. Pamela Munn even
acknowledges this in her article on Education Line, she points to the notion that schools are
beginning to realize that parents are a consumer and should be accommodated as such in order to
keep their products metaphorically on the shelf (Munn).
In the documentary Standardized which explores the test culture in america and its adverse
effects on students in urban schools we see how involved and inspired grassroots organizations
and parents alike push back against false narratives. We get an up close and front row seat to these
reactions in the form of witnessing protests in the streets, for instance we witness several different
Chicago rallies to protest Rahm Emanuel’s decision to close ‘failing schools’ as well as Barack
Obama’s ‘Race to the Top’ education reform plan. Additionally, we see groups of parents joining
together to coordinate enormous opt outs for students taking standardized tests. The media paints
these individual teachers as failing their students by not helping them pass the test, or support a
plan simply because of agenda or party bias. However, parents take the time in ‘Standardized’ to
actually read the information in studies conducted on these tests and learn a truth, the tests serve
no purpose other than make people money. So since these groups are aware of the truth and
properly protest they enact change, specifically like getting Pennsylvania House Bill 1506 which
delayed the creation of new standardized tests in hopes of learning what the effects of the current
ones are.
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