Debating the future of American education : do we need national standards and assessments? : report of a conference sponsored by the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution / edited by Diane Ravitch.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Brookings dialogues on public policyPublication details: Washington, D.C. : The Institution, c1995.Description: viii, 182 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0815773536
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB 3060.83 .D43 1995
Contents:
Introduction / Diane Ravitch -- Education reform in America's public schools : the Clinton agenda / Marshall S. Smith -- Will national standards and assessments make a difference? / Theodore R. Sizer -- The Uses and misuses of opportunity-to-learn standards / Andrew C. Porter -- Explaining standards to the public / Roy Romer -- Holding onto norms in a sea of criteria / Donald M. Stewart -- Standards for education / Lauren B. Resnick & Katherine J. Nolan -- Who's afraid of the big, bad test? / Chester E. Finn, Jr. -- The case for high stakes and real consequences / Albert Shanker -- Sometimes a cigar is only a cigar, and often a test is only a test / Daniel M. Koretz.
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Papers from a symposium held May 18, 1994 at the Brookings Institution.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Diane Ravitch -- Education reform in America's public schools : the Clinton agenda / Marshall S. Smith -- Will national standards and assessments make a difference? / Theodore R. Sizer -- The Uses and misuses of opportunity-to-learn standards / Andrew C. Porter -- Explaining standards to the public / Roy Romer -- Holding onto norms in a sea of criteria / Donald M. Stewart -- Standards for education / Lauren B. Resnick & Katherine J. Nolan -- Who's afraid of the big, bad test? / Chester E. Finn, Jr. -- The case for high stakes and real consequences / Albert Shanker -- Sometimes a cigar is only a cigar, and often a test is only a test / Daniel M. Koretz.

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