Common Standards for K-12 Education? Considering the Evidence: Summary of a Workshop Series

Autor/in	Beatty, Alexandra
Institution	National Academies, National Research Council; National Academies, National Academy of Sciences
Titel	Common Standards for K-12 Education? Considering the Evidence: Summary of a Workshop Series
Quelle	(2008), (104 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-309-12524-6
Schlagwörter	Workshops; Accountability; Academic Standards; State Standards; Educational Change; Academic Achievement; Achievement Gap; Educational Improvement; Elementary Secondary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernwerkstatt; Schulung; Verantwortung; Bildungsreform; Schulleistung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung
Abstract	Standards-based accountability has become a central feature of the public education system in each state and is a theme of national discussions about how achievement for all students can be improved and achievement gaps narrowed. Questions remain, however, about the implementation of standards and accountability systems and about whether their potential benefits have been fully realized. Each of the 50 states has adopted its own set of standards, and though there is overlap among them, there is also wide variation in the ways states have devised and implemented their systems. This variety may have both advantages and disadvantages, but it nevertheless raises a fundamental question: Is the establishment of common K-12 academic standards, which states could voluntarily adopt, the logical next step for standards-based reform? The goal of this book is not to answer the policy question of whether or not common standards would be a good idea. Rather, the book provides an objective look at the available evidence regarding the ways in which standards are currently functioning, the strategies that might be used to pursue common standards, and the issues that doing so might present. The following are appended: (1) January 2008 Workshop Agenda and Participants; and (2) March 2008 Workshop Agenda and Participants. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01