Title
Wixson, Karen K, Elizabeth Dutro, and Ruth G. Athan, "The Challenge of Developing Content Standards," pp. 69-107 in Robert E. Floden, ed., Review of Research in Education, 27: 2003. Washington, DC: American Educational Research Association, 2004.*
Annotation
Traces the history of the entire content standards movement, with special attention to the English language arts, both state and national influences.
Broad Topical Focus
Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Policies and Policy Making
Source Discipline
Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study
Integrative Inquiry, Historical Inquiry
Type of Study
Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic
Content Selection and Organization, Curriculum Standards and Testing, English, Freedom/Authority and Curriculum, Government Role in Educational Research & Development, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum
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