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Title Debating the future of American education : do we need national standards and assessments? : report of a conference sponsored by the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution / edited by Diane Ravitch.

Publication Info.	Washington, D.C. : The Institution, [1995]
	©1995

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Location	Call No.	Status
University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	379.158 D286D	Check Shelf

Description	viii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series	Brookings dialogues on public policy
	Brookings dialogues on public policy.
Note	Papers from a symposium held May 18, 1994 at the Brookings Institution.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Introduction / Diane Ravitch -- Education reform in America's public schools : the Clinton agenda / Marshall S. Smith -- Will national standards and assessments make a difference? / Theodore R. Sizer -- The Uses and misuses of opportunity-to-learn standards / Andrew C. Porter -- Explaining standards to the public / Roy Romer -- Holding onto norms in a sea of criteria / Donald M. Stewart -- Standards for education / Lauren B. Resnick & Katherine J. Nolan -- Who's afraid
	of the big, bad test? / Chester E. Finn, Jr. -- The case for high stakes and real consequences / Albert Shanker -- Sometimes a cigar is only a cigar, and often a test is only a test / Daniel M. Koretz.
Subject	Education -- Standards -- United States -- Congresses.
	Education -- United States -- Evaluation -- Congresses.
	Educational tests and measurements -- United States -- Evaluation -- Congresses.
	Education and state -- United States -- Congresses.
Added Author	Ravitch, Diane.
	Brookings Institution. Brown Center on Education Policy.
ISBN	0815773536

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