Excellence and equity

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A key goal in education reform in many states is excellence and equity. Education leaders such as Washington's Terry Bergeson have stated that these goals are neccesary to build in which all students earn a meaningful high school diploma. These goals will break the link between race, poverty and insufficient academic achievement. Standards-based testing has forced face the facts about low achievement. Graduation requirements requiring passing rigorous tests continue to be a spur to action to address and remove those inequities. ^[1]. The National Science Education Standards also name excellence and equity as key goals.

Standards-based education reform

Theorists: John Dewey  • William Spady  • Jean Piaget  •Benjamin Bloom  • Robert Carkhuff Theories: Standards-based education reform  • Outcomes-based education  • Developmentally Appropriate Practice  • Holism  • Constructivism (learning theory)  • Block scheduling  • Holistic grading  • NCEE  • Active learning  • Discovery learning  • Inquiry-based science  • Inventive spelling  • Open-space school  • Small schools movement Values: Excellence and equity  • Meaningful high school diploma  • High standards  • High expectations  • Continual improvement  • Accountability  • Closing the achievement gap Standards: Whole language • National Science Education Standards  • Standards-based mathematics  • National History Standards Federal: No Child Left Behind  • Goals 2000  • School-to-work transition Assessment: Criterion-referenced test  • Norm-referenced test  • Standards-based assessment State Assessment: AIMS  • CLAS  • WASL  • MCAS Diploma: Certificate of Initial Mastery  • High school graduation examination Traditional Education: Traditional education  • Traditional mathematics  • Direct instruction  • Phonics  • Decodable text  • Rote learning  • Grade (education)  • Lecture  • Tracking (education)  • Standard Algorithms  • Correct answer