Education Week: Differentiate, Don't Standardize - 0 views
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The0d0re Shatagin on 23 Jan 10Nell Noddings, Stanford.What do advocates of national standards expect to accomplish? Unless the ends sought are both significantly important and feasible, we should turn our attention to problems that are truly pressing, such as reducing the number of high school dropouts and curbing youth violence. It is unlikely that national standards will have a substantial effect on academic achievement.