Brookings papers on education policy, 2001 / 
 Papers on education policy 
Diane Ravitch, editor ; sponsored by the Brown Center on Education Policy. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Brookings Institution Press,  c2001. 
 - [vi], 414 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> Contains edited versions of the papers and comments presented at the fourth annual Brookings conference on education policy, held May 15-16, 2000. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "This year's discussion focused on the status of standards-based reforms"--[iii]. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Education and state--United States--Congresses.<br/>Education--Standards--United States--Congresses.<br/>Educational change--United States--Congresses.<br/>Educational tests and measurements--United States--Congresses.<br/>Academic achievement--Evaluation--United States--Congresses.