Standards for Our Schools How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them

Name: Standards for Our Schools How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them
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ISBN: 9780787964283

ISBN-10: 078796428X

ISBN-13: 9780787964283

Edition: 1998

Authors: Marc S. Tucker, Judy B. Codding

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Tucker explains what the standards movement is about and why it is important, and what it will take to bring every student up to high standards, no matter where that student starts.

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/16/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.11" long x 1.07" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Acknowledgments


The Authors


Prologue: The View from the Plains


Introduction: Failure Is Not an Option


Interlude: What Do You Mean, Tiffany Won't Get Credit for Algebra I?



Setting High Standards for Everyone


Interlude: But How Will We Actually Get These Kids to Algebra II?



Teaching to the Standards


Interlude: Upset Victory: Student Achievement 1, Everything Else 0



Leading and Managing for Success


Interlude: The School Nobody Wanted



Rethinking the Elementary and Middle Schools


Interlude: The Graphic Arts Academy



Beyond the Comprehensive High School


Interlude: Accountability, Chicago-Style



Rebuilding "Central" for Accountability


Epilogue: What We Owe Jeff


Resources



The National Center on Education and the Economy



New Standards Performance Standards



New Standards Reference Examinations



Resources for Standards-Based Education



Glossary



Annotated Bibliography


Notes


Afterword to the Paperback Edition: The America's Choice School Design


Index