Launching a Revolution in Standards and Assessments.

Ravitch, Diane

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Publication Date: 1993

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Launching a Revolution in Standards and Assessments.

Ravitch, Diane

Phi Delta Kappan, v74 n10 p767-72 Jun 1993

In the absence of national standards, we have evolved a haphazard, accidental, disconnected national curriculum based on mass-market textbooks and standardized, multiple-choice tests. This article explains former Education Secretary Lamar Alexander's efforts to ameliorate this situation by promoting America 2000, establishing the National Council on Educational Standards and Testing, and advancing federalism. (MLH)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Government Role, National Curriculum, National Standards, Standardized Tests, Student Evaluation

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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