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High Expectations

State English Standards

Sandra Stotsky
7.1.1997
7.1.1997

Dr. Sandra Stotsky, the eminent authority on English language education, led off a Fordham series of standards reviews with a detailed critique of the English/Language Arts standards of 28 states. Massachusetts' were found to be the strongest, a beacon for other states to emulate.


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Sandra Stotsky is a member of the Massachusetts Board of Education. She is also a member of the President's National Advisory Mathematics Panel.

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