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Article: Teaching social studies: the standards movement.
- Article from:
- The Clearing House
- Article date:
- September 1, 1993
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The movement to establish national educational standards has profound implications for students, teachers, and schools. As sets of standards are being developed for school subjects, a number of thorny issues will have to be addressed and resolved if the standards are to achieve their intended outcomes. How will the standards be used? How can the integration of curriculum experiences be fostered and fragmentation avoided? How will progress toward student achievement of the standards be assessed? How can teachers, especially those in early and middle grades, be expected to respond to standards in so many fields? How can local initiatives, innovations, and adaptations be ...