| Description |
xii, 204 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The need to improve the schools : why raising student achievement through higher standards was first proposed -- Origins of national standards and tests : how President Bush, corporate leaders, and the governors first advanced the idea of raising standards -- The 1992 presidential campaign and the transition to a new administration : how Bush and Clinton differed on education, but how Clinton continued the fight for higher standards which Bush began -- Goals 2000 in the U.S. House of Representatives : how liberals expressed concerns about the fairness of standards, and how conservative opposition to the idea grew -- Goals 2000 in the Senate and the conference committee : how the concept of raising standards triumphed, but only after liberal concerns about equity lost, and increasingly strident conservative opposition was overcome -- The Elementary and Secondary Education Act : how other federal programs were refashioned to raise standards, and how this victory further hardened the opposition of the political far-right -- The conservative assault on raising standards to improve the schools : how the conservative opposition tried to undo standards-based reform and failed because Clinton, the business community, and governors fought back -- The elections of 1996 and Clinton's second term : how the conservatives were rebuffed, and Clinton revived the idea of national standards and tests. |
| Subject |
Education -- Standards.
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Educational tests and measurements.
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Education and state.
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Educational change.
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| ISBN |
0761914757 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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