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010			_a 97045327
020			_a0761914757 (cloth : acid-free paper)
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780761914754
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780761914754
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780761914754
035			_a(Sirsi) i9780761914754
035			_z(Sirsi) 109627
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050	0	0	_aLB 3060.83 _b.J46 1998
100	1		_aJennings, John F.
245	1	0	_aWhy national standards and tests? : _bpolitics and the quest for better schools / _cby John F. Jennings.
260			_aThousand Oaks, Calif. : _bSage Publications, _cc1998.
300			_axii, 204 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe need to improve the schools : why raising student achievement through higher standards was first proposed. -- Origins of national standards and tests : how President Bush, corporate leaders, and the governors first advanced the idea of raising standards. -- The 1992 presidential campaign and the transition to a new administration : how Bush and Clinton differed on education, but how Clinton continued the fight for higher standards which Bush began. -- Goals 2000 in the U.S. House of Representatives : how liberals expressed concerns about the fairness of standards, and how conservative opposition to the idea grew. -- Goals 2000 in the Senate and the conference committee : how the concept of raising standards triumphed, but only after liberal concerns about equity lost, and increasingly strident conservative opposition was overcome. -- The Elementary and Secondary Education Act : how other federal programs were re-fashioned to raise standards, and how this victory further hardened the opposition of the political far-right. -- The conservative assault on raising standards to improve the schools : how the conservative opposition tried to undo standards-based reform and failed because Clinton, the business community, and governors fought back. -- The elections of 1996 and Clinton's second term : how the conservatives were rebuffed, and Clinton revived the idea of national standards and tests.
650		0	_aEducation _xStandards _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEducational tests and measurements _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEducation and state _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEducational change _zUnited States.
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0655/97 045327-d.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0655/97 045327-t.html
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