What's at Stake in the K-12 Standards Wars [Paperback]

Sandra Stotsky (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0820444901 | ISBN-13: 978-0820444901 | Publication Date: February 23, 2001

The "standards wars" are another manifestation of the "culture wars." Few educational policy makers understand the many disciplinary, pedagogical, and curricular issues occurring at the heart of the conflicts as states develop or revise their K-12 standards and standards-based assessments in the major subjects. The issues differ from subject to subject. This collection of essays addresses the issues that have arisen in the development and implementation of national and state standards in science, mathematics, history, economics, and the English language arts from the perspective of scholars in those disciplines. These scholars are writing not for other scholars in their field but for those who help shape K-12 educational policy legislators, members of boards of education, and those who teach courses in government or education policy making. The purpose of this collection is to clarify what is at stake in the standards wars and in standards-based systemic reform. Contributors to this volume include: Hung-Hsi Wu, Ralph A. Raimi, Paul Clopton, Wayne Bishop, David Klein, Stan Metzenberg, Alan Cromer, Paul R. Gross, Sheldon M. Stern, Robert M. Costrell, Thomas Carnicelli, Jeanne J. Smoot, Mary Campbell Gallagher, Michael McKeown, and Chris Patterson.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"...All who believe that sound content is the wellspring of good standards will benefit from immersion in these pages." -- Chester E. Finn, Jr., President, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation;former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education

"...Sandra Stotsky has assembled a set of papers to cut through the false claims and distortions. An indispensable volume." -- Tom Loveless, Brookings Institution

"...The contributors...shed light and reason on important issues that should concern parents, teachers, and policy makers." -- Diane Ravitch, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Research Professor, New York University

"...deeply researched and powerfully reasoned...This is must reading for anyone in a position to affect educational policy." -- E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English, University Professor of Education and Humanities, University of Virginia

Product Details

• Paperback: 382 pages
• Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing (February 23, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820444901
• ISBN-13: 978-0820444901
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,079,588 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)