Taking Stock: Summary of a Workshop

Taking Stock: Summary of a Workshop
ISBN-10
0309059445
ISBN-13
9780309059442
Series
Taking Stock
Category
Education
Pages
50
Language
English
Published
1997-12-05
Publisher
National Academies Press
Authors
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, Board on Testing and Assessment

Description

In 1996, the Board on International Comparative Studies of the National Research Council sponsored a workshop to assess what has been learned about making education standards internationally competitive and to examine why criteria for international competitiveness have been so difficult to articulate. A summary of the issues raised at this workshop is presented. Approximately 80 persons, including representatives from national organizations with specific interest in education standards, university researchers, and education policy makers attended the gathering. Participants explored the concept and the support of high standards for education in the United States. Even with widespread support, differences in how standards should be reached and used became apparent. The text examines standards as a political process and advises that standards be worked out in a public political forum. An understanding of the content and performance standards that are in place for high-achieving students around the world could inform a local search for standards. This is applicable to the United States, which should adapt its own standards to its own circumstances and goals. Implementing standards and including teachers in such movements help teachers to select the curricular topics that are most important. Three appendices feature a list of workshop participants, workshop papers, and other information. (RJM)

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