Report
Standards
Making Standards Work: A Case Study of Washington State
This report takes a close look at the implementation of standards-based reform in one state, Washington, and asks why it was successful in some places but not others.
This report takes a close look at the implementation of standards-based reform in one state, Washington, and asks why it was successful in some places but not others.
According to this 250-page volume, proposed federal and state policies aimed at boosting teacher-quality may well worsen the problem. Instead of adding even more politics-governance to the teacher training system, policymakers should open up the profession to well-educated individuals and should hold principals accountable for student learning.