Students, Standards, and Exploration: A Responsive, Relevant, and Engaging Curriculum

Autor:	P. Elizabeth Pate, Melissa Keyes, Katherine F. Thompson
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Emergent curriculum business.industry Business education Standardized test Public relations Education Environmental education Political science Pedagogy Developmental and Educational Psychology Curriculum development National Policy Professional association business Curriculum
Zdroj:	Middle School Journal. 33:35-40
ISSN:	2327-6223 0094-0771
DOI:	10.1080/00940771.2001.11495575
Popis:	and their impact on middle schools and students. What are standards and whose standards are they? Standards are referred to as "society's expectations" (Vars, 1999), expectations of what students should know and be able to do. In addition to state-devel oped standards, many private foundations, non profit lobbying groups, professional associations, textbook publishers, makers of standardized tests, media companies, business and industries, and local and national policy makers have also devel oped standards (O'Hair, McLaughlin, & Reitzug, 2000). What does this furor over standards mean to the middle school movement? In the midst of a standards-based and testing reform era, is it appro priate to ask: Can standards be implemented in a
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