Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap: Lessons for "No Child Left Behind" - Couverture souple

 
9780815730330: Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap: Lessons for "No Child Left Behind"
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ISBN 10 : 0815730330 ISBN 13 : 9780815730330
Editeur : Brookings Institution Press, 2007

Synopsis

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is the latest in more than two decades of federal efforts to raise educational standards and an even longer stream of initiatives to improve education for poor children. What lessons can we draw from these earlier efforts to help NCLB achieve its goals? In Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap, leading scholars in sociology, economics, psychology, and education policy take on this critical question. Armed with the latest data and up-to-date research syntheses, the authors show that standards-based reform has had some positive effects, particularly in the area of teacher quality. Moreover, some of the critics' greatest fears have not been realized: for example, retention rates have not shot upward. Yet the overall pace of improvement has been slow, owing in part to poor implementation. Based on these findings, the contributors offer recommendations for the implementation and impending reauthorization of NCLB. These proposals, such as national testing and a rethinking of achievement targets, are sure to be at the center of the upcoming debate. Contributors include Thomas Dee, Laura Desimone, George Farkas, Barbara Foorman, Brian Jacob, Robert M. Hauser, Paul Hill, Tom Loveless, Meredith Phillips, Andrew C. Porter, and Thomas Smith.

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À propos de l?auteur

Adam Gamoran is professor of sociology and educational policy studies and director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include "Stratification in Higher Education: A Comparative Study," co-edited with Yossi Shavit and Richard Arum (Stanford University Press, 2007).

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Éditeur
Brookings Institution Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0815730330
ISBN 13 
9780815730330
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
349
Éditeur
Gamoran Adam
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0815730322 ISBN 13 :  9780815730323
Editeur : Brookings Institution, 2007
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