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Odden, Allan – 1998
Student achievement in American schools must improve dramatically if all young people today are to have equal access to the labor markets and be contributing members of society as adults. Currently, only 20 to 25 percent perform proficiently. Standards-based education reform aims to raise that level to at least 75 percent of students mastering the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Decentralization, Decision Making