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There is no doubt that standards have begun to influence the education system. The question remains, however, what the nature of that influence is and, most importantly, whether standards truly improve student learning. To answer those questions, one must begin to examine the ways in which components of the system have been influenced by the standards.
Investigating the Influence of Standards provides a framework to guide the design, conduct, and interpretation of research regarding the influences of nationally promulgated standards in mathematics, science, and technology education on student learning. Researchers and consumers of research such as teachers, teacher educators, and administrators will find the framework useful as they work toward developing an understanding of the influence of standards.
| Executive Summary | 1 | |
| 1 | Introduction | 11 |
| 2 | Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education | 17 |
| 3 | A Framework for Investigating the Influence of Education Standards | 29 |
| 4 | Curriculum as a Channel of Influence: What Shapes What Is Taught to Whom? | 39 |
| 5 | Teacher Development as a Channel of Influence: How Do Teachers Learn What and How to Teach? | 49 |
| 6 | Assessment and Accountability: What Kinds of Assessment Are Used and for What Purposes? | 59 |
| 7 | Contextual Forces that Influence the Education System | 71 |
| 8 | Using the Framework | 79 |
| References | 97 | |
| App. A | Participants at the Workshop on Understanding the Influence of Standards in K-12 Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education | 109 |
| App. B | A Framework for Investigating the Influence of Nationally Developed Standards for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education | 113 |
| App. C: Biographical Sketches | 115 | |
| Index | 125 |
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