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ERIC Number: EJ518965
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Nightmares and Possibilities: A Perspective on Standard Setting.
Grant, S. G.
Social Education, v59 n7 p443-45 Nov-Dec 1995
Maintains that there soon will be a rush to review recent state and national efforts to establish curriculum standards. Describes three nightmares and three possibilities for substantive change. Discusses the role of the National Council for the Social Studies in the standards development movement. (CFR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, National Programs, National Standards, Organizational Development, Professional Associations, Social Studies, Standard Setting
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers; Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: National Council for the Social Studies; Native Americans; Shulman (Lee)
Note: Theme issue topic: "A History of NCSS: 75 Years of Service."