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<p><P>A must read for those seeking high standards for all students. With unusual insight, the authors address the major issues, offering inspirational examples of schools that succeed. &#151;Jerome T. Murphy, professor and dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education<br> <br> This timely, tough-minded book shows how American public schools can be saved by instituting high standards for academic achievement. It explains not just what the standards movement is about and why it is important, but also what it will take to bring every student up to high standards, no matter where that student starts.<br> <br> Tucker and Codding focus on empowering both students and adults by giving students the gift of high expectations and by giving school professionals the information, skills, authority and resources needed to do the job. They advocate building a standards-based instructional system, creating a results-oriented culture devoted to continuous improvement, and making the institution and the people in it accountable for reaching the goals set by the standards.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>The National Center on Education and the Economy, where Tucker and Codding are, respectively, pre

Author

Tucker, Marc S; Codding, Judy B., 1944-

Publisher

Jossey-Bass Inc., 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741 (hardback: ISBN-0-7879-3894-7, $27; paperback: ISBN-0-7879-6428-X; $20). Tel: 888-378-2537 (Toll Free); Fax: 800-605-2665 (Toll Free); Web site: http://www.josseybass.com

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780585307251

Subjects

Education