TBers, 

This was recently posted on another listserv I am on.  Many of you may be
interested in it. 

Mr. James B. Greenberg
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From: Richard Hake <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Richard Hake <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:28:05 -0700
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [POD] National Education Standards for the United States?

Some subscribers to POD and STLHE-L may be interested in a recent
post "National Education Standards for the United States?" [Hake
(2009)].

The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT:  The "Common Core State Standards Initiative" (CCSSI),
aimed at developing National Education Standards (NES) for the U.S.,
has recently been widely reported in the media, the Academic
Discussion List sphere (ADLsphere), and the Blogosphere. Thus far,
the reaction to the CCSSI & NES has been mostly negative [e.g.,
Brady, Clement, Haim, Horton, Ohanian, Marshak, Meier, Taylor, and
Urner; with a few positive exceptions [Derbes, Korsunsky,
Weingarten]. Adding to the positive are Schmidt, Houang, & Shakrani
(2009) who, in a report "International Lessons About National
Standards": (a) make  the case for NES in the U.S., based on an
in-depth study of NES in 10 other countries: Russia, France, Brazil,
Canada, China, India, Germany, South Korea, Singapore, and the
Netherlands, which "are making significant improvement in mathematics
and science achievement and operate along a spectrum of national and
local educational control"; (b) distill from their international
study one important lesson: "It's NOT true that national standards
portend loss of local control," plus four recommendations for the
U.S. national standards effort; and (c) conclude: "We know what the
standards of top-achieving nations look like. They are focused,
coherent, and rigorous. And they're that way because the systems
themselves are focused and coherent. It's time to get on the national
standards bandwagon. . . . . The process of establishing national
standards will surely require time, patience, and a great deal of
compromise. But we postpone the inevitable at our peril."
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To access the complete 37 kB post, please click on
<http://tinyurl.com/mjrvl> .

Q1. Why should POD'ers, who are primarily concerned with higher
education, be concerned with the public schools?

A1. Because the public schools furnish most of the students who enter
colleges and universities.

Q2. Why should STLHE-L'ers, who are primarily concerned with
education in Canada, be concerned with the National Education
Standards (NES) contemplated for the United States ?

A2. Because Schmidt, Houang, & Shakrani use the NES experience of
Canada and nine other countries as evidence that the United States
should adopt NES. 

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands.
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<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/>
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<http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com/>

REFERENCES
Hake, R.R. 2009. "National Education Standards for the United
States?" online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at
<http://tinyurl.com/mjrvla> . Post of 9 Jun 2009 14:44:42-0700 to
AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract is online at
<http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/national-education-standards-for-u
nited.html> 
with a provision for comments.

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