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...Ravitch is a historian of education whose latest book is "Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms" (Simon & Schuster...
...test, but 99.8% did take the exams. Tests provide teachers, parents, school officials and public officials with information to address education problems. The recent spate of state exams has spurred unprecedented attention to the needs of low-performing students. Education cannot function without reliable information about its effectiveness. DIANE RAVITCH New York City...
...exposed to a uniform set of skills. And politicians have begun touting the idea on the campaign trail. Al Gore's education agenda cites the benefits of a "core curriculum"; George W. Bush recently spoke at a school that has one. "Teachers don't need creativity," says Diane Ravitch, an education official under President George Bush. "Teachers need to use methods that have proved successful...
Some educators bristle at bringing such touchy-feely topics into an already overcrowded curriculum. "I know of no evidence that marriage courses lead to better marriages," says Brookings Institution senior fellow Diane Ravitch. "But I do know of a great deal of evidence that schools are doing a poor job teaching math, science, history, literature and foreign languages." Then there's the question of whether kids who watch Dawson's Creek and get free condoms at school are thinking in the long term. Says University of Washington marriage expert John Gottman: "They should be learning about dating...
...full of "mushy" liberal pedagogy, then rejecting the arguments of the religious right that the revised standards weren't tough enough. "I met with him in June 1997, when he was under heavy criticism from the right for not backing what they regarded as tougher, more prescriptive standards," says Ravitch. "He responded very forcefully, and made it clear that he was not going to be bullied. This is not a soft...