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ERIC Number: EJ586982
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
Educational Performance Standards and the Economy.
Levin, Henry M.
Educational Researcher, v27 n4 p4-10 May 1998
Suggests that the educational reform movement has relied on an economic rationale and the argument that better academic achievement is linked to higher workplace productivity largely because these arguments are persuasive rather than because there is any compelling evidence on the links between educational standards and economic performance. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Qualifications, Labor Market, Performance Factors, Productivity, Standards
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reform Efforts
Note: Version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (March 1997). Research supported by the Russell Sage Foundation.