“Unfinished Business: More Measured Approaches in Standards-Based Reform,” is available online from ETS. ()
More and better measures are needed to make current approaches to standards-based education reform and accountability more effective and credible, concludes a report from the Princeton, N.J.-based Educational Testing Service.
One of the biggest problems, the report says, is that state-level academic-content standards often are not fully translated into the curricula, lesson plans, instructional materials, and professional development available to teachers. As a result, what is taught often is not aligned with what’s tested.
