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McDonald, Joseph P. – Teachers College Record, 1992
Describes planning backwards, the Coalition of Essential Schools' educational policymaking strategy for high schools. The article discusses five possible dilemmas in planning backwards: outcomes or exhibitions, local or remote authority, rigid or flexible standards, apartness or authenticity in assessment, and curriculum scaffolds built of courses…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change