Porter, Andrew C., "National Standards and School Improvement in the 1990s: Issues and Promise," American Journal of Education, 102(August, 1994), 42l-449.

Authors

Andrew C. Porter

Annotation

Analyzes different types of standards as they are emerging from current debates on curriculum standards; also discusses several related issues.

Broad Topical Focus

Curriculum Policies and Policy Making

Source Discipline

Curriculum

Mode of Inquiry in the Study

Integrative Inquiry

Type of Study

Status Study

Narrow Topic

Curriculum Standards and Testing, Curriculum and Politics, Content Selection and Organization