Brookings papers on education policy, 2001 / Diane Ravitch, editor ; sponsored by the Brown Center on Education Policy.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2001.Description: [vi], 414 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0815773498 :
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  • Papers on education policy
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Contents:
Introduction / Diane Ravitch -- Incentives and equity under standards-based reform / Julian R. Betts and Robert M. Costrell -- Why business backs education standards / Milton Goldberg and Susan L. Traiman -- State academic standards / Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Marci Kanstoroom -- Searching for indirect evidence for the effects of statewide reforms / David Grissmer and Ann Flanagan -- The controversy over the National Assessment Governing Board standards / Mark D. Reckase -- The role of end-of-course exams and minimum competency exams in standards-based reforms / John H. Bishop, Ferran Mane, Michael Bishop, and Joan Moriarty -- A diagnostic analysis of black-white GPA disparities in Shaker Heights, Ohio / Ronald F. Ferguson.
Summary: "This year's discussion focused on the status of standards-based reforms"--[iii].
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Contains edited versions of the papers and comments presented at the fourth annual Brookings conference on education policy, held May 15-16, 2000.

Introduction / Diane Ravitch -- Incentives and equity under standards-based reform / Julian R. Betts and Robert M. Costrell -- Why business backs education standards / Milton Goldberg and Susan L. Traiman -- State academic standards / Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Marci Kanstoroom -- Searching for indirect evidence for the effects of statewide reforms / David Grissmer and Ann Flanagan -- The controversy over the National Assessment Governing Board standards / Mark D. Reckase -- The role of end-of-course exams and minimum competency exams in standards-based reforms / John H. Bishop, Ferran Mane, Michael Bishop, and Joan Moriarty -- A diagnostic analysis of black-white GPA disparities in Shaker Heights, Ohio / Ronald F. Ferguson.

"This year's discussion focused on the status of standards-based reforms"--[iii].

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