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Raimi, Ralph A.; Braden, Lawrence S. – Fordham Report, 1998
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation has commissioned studies of state academic standards in five core subjects. This is the fourth of these studies, focusing on state standards for mathematics. For this evaluation of mathematics standards, researchers developed nine criteria under the four areas of: clarity, content, reason, and negative qualities.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Munroe, Susan; Smith, Terry – Fordham Report, 1998
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation has commissioned studies of state academic standards in five core subjects. This is the third of these studies, concentrating on geography, the core subject that has been the most neglected in the U.S. academic curriculum. Standards documents were solicited from all the states, and were submitted by 38 states and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction
Saxe, David Warren – Fordham Report, 1998
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation has commissioned studies of state academic standards in five core subjects. This is the second of these studies, focusing on standards for history. After the controversy surrounding the proposed "national history standards" in 1994, history has become a subject with no generally accepted national standards.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, History
Lerner, Lawrence S. – Fordham Report, 1998
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation has commissioned studies of state academic standards in five core subjects. This is the fifth of these studies, focusing on state standards for science. Thirty-six states presented standards for evaluation. Some states were in the process of revising standards, while others simply had no standards to present.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level