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Bauerlein, Mark – Academic Questions, 2012
There are so many generous and high-sounding phrases and ambitions in "A Crucible Moment: College Learning & Democracy's Future," the report by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), that to criticize them almost seems bilious and misanthropic. "A Crucible Moment," too, grounds its…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Educational Policy, Politics of Education, Educational Principles
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Reckase, Mark D. – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2001
This paper provides an analysis of the controversy surrounding the standard setting process conducted by ACT Inc. for the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB). This process is the most thoroughly planned, carefully executed, exhaustively evaluated, completely documented, and most visible of any standard setting process of which the author is…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Academic Achievement, National Competency Tests, Governing Boards