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Assessment, Equity, and Diversity in Reforming America's Schools. Project 2.5, Analytical Models for Performance and Delivery Standards.

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Winfield, Linda F. – 1993

National standards and assessments are being proposed as a strategy for improving schools in the United States. However, proposed federal policies for implementation raise serious concerns about the extent to which national standards and assessments alone will help improve the quality of public education for all, or whether they will serve to…

Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Improvement

Inequality and the Will to Change.

Kozol, Jonathan – Equity and Choice, 1992

Inner-city schools are currently as separate and unequal as they have ever been. School reform has failed to address the dual system, and it will remain ineffective as long as an unequal and racially divided system operates. Suggestions are given for turning rhetoric to action. (SLD)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Change Strategies, Class Size

Using Examinations To Improve Education: A Study in Fourteen African Countries. World Bank Technical Paper Number 165. Africa Technical Department Series.

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Kellaghan, Thomas; Greaney, Vincent – 1992

A detailed description is presented of the types, functions, performance levels, governance, administration, and funding of public examinations in 14 Sub-Saharan African countries with different educational traditions, based on English, French, or other backgrounds. The countries are: (1) Kenya; (2) Lesotho; (3) Mauritius; (4) Swaziland; (5)…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, African Studies, Developing Nations, Educational Assessment

Developing National Standards in Education.

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Ravitch, Diane – 1992

The movement to develop national standards in education stems from the nation's continuing effort to identify the outcomes sought in schooling. The sources of the impetus for standards are disappointment with U.S. performance in international assessments, the participation of public leaders and educators in school reform, and the example created…

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Objectives

No Strings Attached? Ensuring that "CFE" Funds Are Spent Effectively. Civic Report No. 42

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Domanico, Raymond – Center for Civic Education, 2004

The 2003 New York State Court of Appeals ruling in the "Campaign for Fiscal Equity" ("CFE") case has created a historic opportunity to reform New York City's troubled schools. This opening was created because the court not only required changing the state aid formula to ensure a "sound basic education" for all New…

Descriptors: Urban Schools, Public Schools, Educational Finance, Accountability

NAEP 1992 Mathematics State Report for the Virgin Islands. The Trial State Assessment Program.

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National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1993

In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment which, for the first time in the NAEP's history, made voluntary state-by-state assessments. This 1992 mathematics report marks the first attempt of the National Center for Education Statistics to shift to standards-based reporting of National…