From the Capitol to the Classroom

by Fuhrman, Susan H.

• ISBN13: 9780226601731
• ISBN10: 0226601730
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Natl Society for the Study of

Summary

NSSE's second centennial volume focuses on standards-based reform in the U.S.: its overall theory, means of implementation and assessing impact, the ways in which schools and teachers have responded to policy changes, and the progress and future direction of reforms.

Table of Contents

The National Society for the Study of Education Board of Directors of the Society, 2000-2001

Contributors to the Yearbook

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Standards-based Reform Approach

Toward a Theory of Standard-Based Reform: The Case of Nine NSF Statewide Systemic Intitiatives

Standards-based Accountability: Horse Trade or Horse Whip?

Assessing Reform Implementation and Effects

Are Content Standards Being Implemented in the Classroom? A Methodology and Some Tentative Answers

Translating Teaching Practice into Improved Student Achievement

Direct Response to Reforms

Big Isn't Always Bad: School District Size, Poverty, and Standards-based Reform

The District Role in State Assessment Policy: An Exploratory Study

The Theory and Practice of Using Data to Build Capacity: State and Local Strategies and Their Effects

School Implementation and Instructional Effects

Patterns of Response in Four High Schools Under State Accountability Policies in Vermont and New York

Hedging Bets: Standards-based Reform in Classrooms

Challenging Instruction for "All Students": Policy, Practitioners, and Practice

What Can Be Said About Reform Progress

The Impact of Standards and Accountability on Teaching and Learning in Kentucky

Conclusion

Name Index

Subject Index

Publications of the Society

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