Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap
Subtitle: Lessons for No Child Left Behind
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: October 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780815730330
Subjects: Central government policies; Organization & management of education; Education; Education / Teaching; USA; Educational Policy & Reform; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Educational accountability; Educational change; Poor; United States
Description: "With latest data and research, scholars study what lessons can be drawn from earlier efforts to help NCLB achieve its goals. Authors show that standards-based reform has had some positive effects and some of the critics' greatest fears have not been realized. Recommendations offered for implementation of impending reauthorized NCLB"--Provided by publisher.