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Measure for measure: the president's school reform law rests on the belief that its high-stakes tests are fair and accurate. But the Bush aide who designed the law has his doubts. And the Dallas schools have a better way

If any school should be a poster child for President Bush's signature education reform, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), it's Herbert Marcus...
Washington Monthly, 10/01/05 by Thomas Toch · More from publication
Ramping up schoolwide reform: three urban districts experience gains resulting from America's Choice design

Some public schools do a great job educating students of color to high standards. But they populate public education much the way houses in rural...
School Administrator, 01/01/05 by Thomas Toch · More from publication
Divide and conquer: how breaking up big high schools can be the key to successful education reform

HIGH SCHOOLS DON'T PRODUCE A LOT of headlines in the national education debate. But they are arguably the weakest link in American education....
Washington Monthly, 05/01/03 by Thomas Toch · More from publication
Bush's big test: the president's education bill is a disaster in the making. Here's how he can fix it - standardized tests

SOMETIME VERY SOON, POSSIBLY BY THE time you read this, Congress is likely to pass the president's education plan--a sweeping blueprint to reform...
Washington Monthly, 11/01/01 by Thomas Toch · More from publication
LEFT BACK: A Century of Failed School Reforms. - Review - book review

LEFT BACK: A Century of Failed School Reforms by Diane Ravitch Simon & Schuster, $27.00 LEFT BACK: A Century of Failed School Reforms by Diane...
Washington Monthly, 07/01/00 by Thomas Toch · More from publication
THE BIG TEST: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy. - Review - book reviews

What good and bad about the SAT What good and bad about the SAT THE BIG TEST: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy By Nicholas Lemann...
Washington Monthly, 12/01/99 by Thomas Toch · More from publication

Standards for Our Schools: How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them. - book reviews

The longer American kids stay in school, the further they fall behind their counterparts in other industrialized countries. That's the troubling...
Washington Monthly, 04/01/98 by Thomas Toch · More from publication
Under the right's wing: how the conservative press is recruiting and training its own - conservative college newspapers

Conservative foundations with political links are funding conservative college newspapers and indirectly training future right-wing journalists....
Washington Monthly, 11/01/96 by Thomas Toch · More from publication

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Measure for measure: the president's school reform law rests on the belief that its high-stakes tests are fair and accurate. But the Bush aide who designed the law has his doubts. And the Dallas schools have a better way

Ramping up schoolwide reform: three urban districts experience gains resulting from America's Choice design

Divide and conquer: how breaking up big high schools can be the key to successful education reform

Bush's big test: the president's education bill is a disaster in the making. Here's how he can fix it - standardized tests

LEFT BACK: A Century of Failed School Reforms. - Review - book review

THE BIG TEST: The Secret History of the American Meritocracy. - Review - book reviews

Standards for Our Schools: How to Set Them, Measure Them, and Reach Them. - book reviews

Under the right's wing: how the conservative press is recruiting and training its own - conservative college newspapers

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