Leaders here at Fordham praised the report Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-Class Education, released today by The National Governors Association, Council of Chief State School Officers and Achieve, Inc. Fordham president Checker Finn said:
Though America's belated moves toward international benchmarking and ???common' state standards face many perils--done wrong, they could reignite ???culture wars' and sacrifice vital??U.S. curricular values on the altar of nebulous skills--this is a tremendously important initiative," said Fordham president Chester E. Finn, Jr.. "That it's happening outside the federal??government avoids some hazards. Now the partner organizations must move expeditiously but wisely through those that remain. I applaud their willingness to do so.
Read the Fordham press release here and read the full report here.