Achieving Our Goals: Superficial or Structural Reforms?.

Darling-Hammond, Linda

Notes FAQ Contact Us

ERIC Number: EJ418155

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1990

Pages: N/A

Abstractor: N/A

ISBN: N/A

ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217

EISSN: N/A

Achieving Our Goals: Superficial or Structural Reforms?

Darling-Hammond, Linda

Phi Delta Kappan, v72 n4 p286-95 Dec 1990

President Bush and the nation's governors have proposed that by 2000, all children will leave grades 4, 8, and 12 with demonstrated competency in challenging subject matter and use of their minds. This article discusses the improvements needed in curriculum and testing, teachers and teaching, and school superstructures. Includes 39 references. (MLH)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Force Development, School Restructuring, Student Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Testing Problems

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

Education Level: N/A

Audience: N/A

Language: English

Sponsor: N/A

Authoring Institution: N/A

Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Assessment of Educational Progress

Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A

Privacy | Copyright | Contact Us | Selection Policy | API