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| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
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| Elementary Secondary Education | 1 |
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| Goals 2000 | 3 |
| No Child Left Behind Act 2001 | 1 |
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Palmarini, James – Teaching Theatre, 1994
Discusses the significance of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act for theater and other arts educators. Presents comments of several theater education teachers, leaders, and arts advocates regarding the enactment of Goals 2000. (RS)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, National Standards
Cohen, David – Phi Delta Kappan, 1995
Title II of Goals 2000 created the National Educational Standards and Improvement Council (NESIC), a federally funded agency to devise national content and performance standards in key academic subjects and certify state-submitted standards. Since Republicans have taken over Congress, this council is finished. Any private successor must mount…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, National Standards
Peer reviewedSuperfine, Benjamin Michael – American Journal of Education, 2005
In 1994, Congress reauthorized Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and passed the Goals 2000: Education America Act. Together, these two laws were supposed to support the development and implementation of standards-based, systemic reform initiatives in the states. Despite these high hopes, Goals 2000 and Title I faced a number of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Accountability, Federal Legislation, Educational Policy
