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We the People: the Citizen and the Constitution. Survey Results: 2009 National Finalists' Knowledge and Support of American Democratic Institutions and Processes
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Dubin, Matthew – Center for Civic Education, 2009
We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution is a civics curriculum developed by the Center for Civic Education (Center). The program, utilized in elementary, middle, and high school classrooms, is intended to foster civic competence and responsibility among America's youth. While educating youth about the principles of American constitutional…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility, Program Evaluation
End It, Don't Mend It: What to Do with No Child Left Behind. Policy Analysis. No. 599
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McCluskey, Neal; Coulson, Andrew J. – Cato Institute, 2007
The looming expiration of the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) has prompted a flood of commission reports, studies, and punditry. Virtually all of those analyses have assumed that the law should and will be reauthorized, disagreeing only over how it should be revised. They have accepted the law's premises without argument: that…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Policy Analysis, Federal Government
A Test of Higher-Order Thinking in Social Studies: Persuasive Writing on Constitutional Issues Using the NAEP Approach.
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Newmann, Fred M. – Social Education, 1990
Provides a model National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) essay examination that teachers may use to evaluate higher-order thinking among social studies high school students. Presents a constitutional issue for students to argue positions. Reports examination results from 51 classrooms. Includes essay examples and scoring rationale.…
Descriptors: Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Critical Thinking, Due Process