An edition of Debating the future of American education (1995)

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

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An edition of Debating the future of American education (1995)

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

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Educational tests and measurements Education and state Standards Congresses Education Evaluation Bildungspolitik Schulreform Education, united states Education, aims and objectives
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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
1995, The Institution
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Debating the Future of American Education: Do We Need National Standards and Assessments? (Brookings Dialogues on Public Policy)
October 1995, Brookings Institution Press, The Institution
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.
Papers from a symposium held May 18, 1994 at the Brookings Institution.

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Washington, D.C
Series
Brookings dialogues on public policy

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Dewey Decimal Class
379.1/58/0973
Library of Congress
LB3060.83 .D43 1995

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viii, 182 p. :
Number of pages
182

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Open Library
OL823867M
ISBN 10
0815773536
LCCN
95079597
OCLC/WorldCat
33120412
LibraryThing
3903863
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4100655

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OL17923703W

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