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ERIC Number: EJ581289
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
Standards Revisited: The Importance of Being There.
Smagorinsky, Peter
English Journal, v88 n4 p82-88 Mar 1999
Argues that the IRA/NCTE (International Reading Association/National Council of Teachers of English) standards should provide a starting point for both local and national discussions of what it means to have standards, what effects standards can have, and how to go about developing them. Offers a set of questions that teachers might consider regarding what their own standards might be. (SR)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, English Departments, English Instruction, English Teachers, Language Arts, National Standards
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: International Reading Association; National Council of Teachers of English
Note: Theme: Humor in the English Class.