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Reaching for a Better Standard : English School Inspection and the Dilemma of Accountability for American Schools Series On School Reform
author
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Wilson, Thomas A.
publisher
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Teachers College Press
isbn10 | asin
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0807734969
print isbn13
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9780807734964
ebook isbn13
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9780585361475
language
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English
subject
Educational evaluation--United States, School management and organization--Great Britain--Case studies, School management and organization--United States, Educational change--United States, Education--Standards--United States.
publication date
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1996
lcc
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LB2822.75.W55 1996eb
ddc
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379.1/54/0973
subject
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Educational evaluation--United States, School management and organization--Great Britain--Case studies, School management and organization--United States, Educational change--United States, Education--Standards--United States.
Reaching for a Better Standard
Page i
the series on school reform
Patricia A. Wasley Coalition of Essential Schools
Ann Lieberman NCREST
Joseph P. McDonald Annenberg Institute for School Reform
SERIES EDITORS
What's Happening in Math Class?: Envisioning New Practices Through Teacher Narratives (Volume 1) DEBORAH SCHIFTER, Editor
What's Happening in Math Class?: Reconstructing Professional Identities (Volume 2) DEBORAH SCHIFTER, Editor
Reaching for a Better Standard: English School Inspection and the Dilemma of Accountability for American Public Schools THOMAS A. WILSON
Restructuring Urban Schools: A Chicago Perspective G. ALFRED HESS, JR.
The Subjects in Question: Departmental Organization and the High School LESLIE SANTEE SISKIN and JUDITH WARREN LITTLE
Authentic Assessment in Action: Studies of Schools and Students at Work LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND, Editor
School Work: Gender and the Cultural Construction of Teaching SARI KNOPP BIKLEN
School Change: The Personal Development of a Point of View SEYMOUR B. SARASON
The Work of Restructuring Schools: Building from the Ground Up ANN LIEBERMAN, Editor
Stirring the Chalkdust: Tales of Teachers Changing Classroom Practice PATRICIA A. WASLEY
This series also incorporates earlier titles in the Profssional Development and Practice Series
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Reaching for a Better Standard
English School Inspection and the Dilemma of Accountability for American Schools
Thomas A. Wilson
Page iv
Published by Teachers College Press, 1234 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10027
Copyright 1996 by Teachers College, Columbia University
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wilson, Thomas A., 1938 Reaching for a better standard: English school inspection and the dilemma of accountability for American schools / Thomas A. Wilson p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8077-3497-7. ISBN 0-8077-3496-9 (pbk.) 1. Educational evaluationUnited States. 2. School management and organizationGreat BritainCase studies. 3. School management and organizationUnited States. 4. Educational changeUnited States. 5. EducationStandardsUnited States. I. Title. LB2822.75.W55 1996 379. 1 '54' 0973dc20 95-37947
ISBN 0-8077-3496-9 (paper) ISBN 0-8077-3497-7 (cloth)
Printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Page v
For my mother and father with love and memories of what's past;
For my wife, Leslie Oh with love;
For our children: Rachel, Thomas, John, Debby, Mark, and Peter with love and anticipation of what's ahead.
Page vii
CONTENTS
Foreword
xi
Preface
xiii
1. Prelude: Ghosts in the School Yard
1
Why Schools Need to Change
3
How We Change Schools
6
The Argument of This Book
7
The Structure of This Book
8
Part I: The English Tradition of School Inspection
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