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Pearman, Bill – American School Board Journal, 1987
State legislation designed to help schools and students achieve "excellence" may spawn numerous unforeseen consequences. This article discusses seven potentially harmful reform ideas: extended school year, mimimum competency tests, reliance on standardized achievement tests, state-mandated courses or curricula, blue ribbon reform panels,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Back to Basics, Blue Ribbon Commissions, Educational Change
