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The Moxie of Kathy Cox
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Johns, Stephanie – District Administration, 2010
Kathy Cox, the superintendent of schools for Georgia, believes "excellence is not an accident". She made a name for herself by winning $1 million proving she was smarter than a fifth-grader on a popular television show. This article presents a profile of Cox, her family, her role as school superintendent, and her accomplishments.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Graduation Requirements, Superintendents, Profiles
Using NAEP for Interstate Comparisons: The Beginnings of a "National Achievement Test" and "National Curriculum".
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Ferrara, Steven F.; Thornton, Stephen J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1988
Current plans to use National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results to compare and rank states may lead to a perception of NAEP as a national achievement test representing a national curriculum. NAEP procedures should be reformulated to enhance curriculum coherence, instruction, and participation by local and state educators. (TJH)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal State Relationship
Assessment Issues from a Mathematics Education Perspective. The Mathematics Outlook.
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Schoen, Harold L. – 1993
Recent reports by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the National Research Council, the Mathematical Sciences Education Board, and the Board on Mathematical Sciences emphasize that coordinated improvement in the content of mathematics curriculum, classroom instruction, and teacher education is the key to improving mathematics…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Change, Educational Testing