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Download full textRavitch, Diane – National Assessment Governing Board, 2009
The author of this paper describes the responsibilities of the National Assessment Governing Board, of which she served as a member from November 1997 to September 2004. The Board is unlike any other board of which she has been a member. At the quarterly meetings, the Board not only discusses and makes major policy decisions but determines the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, National Standards, National Competency Tests, Educational Quality
Direct linkRavitch, Diane; Cortese, Antonia – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
Over the years, American students consistently have ranked below those from Finland, Canada, Japan, and at least a dozen other industrialized nations on international tests of mathematics, science, and reading. The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has done nothing to close this gap. And the authors suspect that the law may be making matters worse.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Labor Market
