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ERIC Number: EJ289642
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983
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Improving Educational Standards in American Schools.
Resnick, Daniel P.; Resnick, Lauren B.
Phi Delta Kappan, v65 n3 p178-80 Nov 1983
Steps can be taken in the areas of curriculum, testing, and tracking to raise educational standards for all students. Specifically, local and state authorities should cooperate to tighten course requirements, tie standardized examinations to the curriculum, and institute a demanding common curriculum in the years before high school tracking. (MJL)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing, Public Education, Standardized Tests, State Action, Track System (Education)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: A Nation at Risk