Quality (and/or?) Control: Perils and Promises of Standards-Based School Reform in Urban Contexts

Autor/inn/en	Seidel, Kent; Meyer, Helen
Titel	Quality (and/or?) Control: Perils and Promises of Standards-Based School Reform in Urban Contexts
Quelle	In: Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2 (2006), S.68-88 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1946-2077
Schlagwörter	School Restructuring; Student Interests; Mastery Learning; Educational Change; Accountability; Standards; Teaching Methods; Urban Schools; Creativity; Critical Thinking; Educational Improvement; Academic Achievement; Student Needs; Educational Quality + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Studieninteresse; Bildungsreform; Verantwortung; Standard; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Kreativität; Kritisches Denken; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Schulleistung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität
Abstract	This article looks at the perils and promises of standards-based instruction in urban environments. We begin with an outline of the rise of the current standards movement. Then turn to the con position which contends; states, schools and districts do not always implement standards-based ideals effectively, especially in urban settings where resources and educators prepared to teach well with standards are scarce. Standards can lead to standardization of curriculum and instruction, sacrificing student interest, real-world connections, and creativity and critical thinking. The pro position reports that research and evaluation has shown that standards can support better communication between schools and parents, and provide a framework for accountability and school improvement that focuses on academic achievement, leading to curriculum, instruction, and assessment with the potential for a system of mastery learning based on learners' needs. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	AERA SIG: Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research. Tel: 323-343-4393; Web site: http://aera-ultr.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10