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A nation at risk: the imperative for educational reform
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Because of the extraordinary clarity and importance of the Commission's Report, the editors of the Communica t ions decided to reprint the Report's main section in its entirety and present it to you here.Abstract:
released a remarkab le report, A Nation at Risk. This Report has s t imulated in the media considerable discussion about the problems in our schools, speculation about the causes, and ass ignment of blame. Astonishingly, f e w of the media reports have focused on the specific f indings and recommendat ions of the Commission. A lmos t none of the med ia reports tells that the Commission i tsel f re frained f rom speculation on causes and f rom assignment of blame. Because of the extraordinary clarity and importance of the Commission's Report, the editors of the Communica t ions decided to reprint the Report's main section in its entirety. We are p leased to present it to you here.read more
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What is the Relationship Between Teacher Quality and Student Achievement? An Exploratory Study
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined what constitutes effective teaching as defined by measured increases in student learning with a focus on the instructional behaviors and practices of teachers and found that effective teachers tended to ask a greater number of higher level (e.g., analysis) questions and had fewer incidences of off-task behavior than ineffective teachers.
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Does Employment during High School Impair Academic Progress
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Finishing High School: Alternative Pathways and Dropout Recovery
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Accountability, Standards, and the Growing Achievement Gap: Lessons from the Past Half‐Century
TL;DR: This paper explored the policies that helped to reduce the achievement gap before 1990, the effects of the subsequent shift toward accountability, and what can be learned from past successes to guide the future development of accountability systems.
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