Something in Common: The Common Core Standards and the Next Chapter in American Education (HEL Impact Series)

Rothman, Robert

ISBN 10: 1612501079 / ISBN 13: 9781612501079

Edité par Harvard Education Press (edition ), 2011

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Something in Common: The Common Core Standards and the Next Chapter in American Education (HEL Impact Series)
• Éditeur: Harvard Education Press (edition )
• Date de parution: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1612501079
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781612501079
• Reliure: Paperback
• État de l'article: Very Good

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Synopsis

Something in Common is the first book to provide a detailed look at the groundbreaking Common Core State Standards and their potential to transform American education.

This book tells the story of the unfolding political drama around the making of the Common Core State Standards for math and English language arts, which were adopted by 43 states and the District of Columbia over a six-month period in 2010, after decades of similar proposals had gone down in flames.

As a senior fellow at the major organization promoting the Common Core standards, education writer Bob Rothman gives the reader a bird's eye view of this unfolding drama and brings the major players to life with lively anecdotes and behind-the-scenes details. He describes the developments leading up to the historic agreement and compares them to earlier efforts. He also explains the content of the standards in depth, describes steps being taken to implement them, and examines how the assessment consortia plan to measure student performance against the new standards.

The book is a must-have reference work for researchers, practitioners, school leaders, policy makers, and others interested in contemporary education policy and reform.

À propos de l?auteur

Robert Rothman, a longtime education writer, has written extensively on standards and assessments. Formerly the editor of the quarterly Voices in Urban Education, Rothman is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Education Letter and is currently a senior fellow at the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington-based organization that has been involved in the Common Core standards effort.