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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
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- Creator
- edited by Diane Ravitch
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Washington, D.C. : The Institution, [1995]
- ©1995
- Physical Details
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- viii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780815773535, 0815773536
- OCLC
- ocm33120412
- 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