Equity and High Standards [microform] : Can We Have It Both Ways?
- Bib ID:
- 5676432
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Lab. at Brown Univ., Providence, RI
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED448503
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2000
- 9 p.
- Summary:
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This serial offers a collection of articles on academic standards, while focusing on whether it is possible to ensure both equity and high standards in education. It looks at ways to close the achievement gap between students in high-poverty schools and their middle-class peers, and offers a chart that outlines what various stakeholders can do to provide lower class students the help that they need to succeed. Some of the strategies that are discussed here include blue-ribbon schools, charter schools, accountability, local control, and assimilation. The text outlines the need for stringent professional standards, the value of one-stop assessment-reform resources, the use of alternative transcripts for college admissions, and the growing emphasis on competency rather than "seat time." It describes the risks of high-stakes tests and argues that the classroom teacher should have a voice in student assessment. Some other equity and high standards issues are included in short pieces that examine students who rejected a standardized test, the challenges and opportunities afforded by bilingual students, the fallibility of test-driven education, and some alternatives to standardized testing. (Contains 13 references and 11 resources.) (RJM)
- Notes:
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- Availability: LAB at Brown University, The Education Alliance, 222 Richmond Street, Suite 300, Providence, RI 02903-4226. Tel: 800-521-9550 (Toll Free).
- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
- Contract Number: RJ96006401.
- ERIC Note: Theme issue. Contributors to the issue are Tom Crochunis, Melissa DaPonte, Susan Erdey, Eileen Ferrance, Ted Hamann, Julie Nora, Harvey Press, Jessica Swedlow.
- LAB Education Notes, v2 n1 Apr 2000.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Lab. at Brown Univ., Providence, RI
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Until 2070 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2000
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