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Download full textMunroe, Susan; Smith, Terry – Fordham Report, 1998
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation has commissioned studies of state academic standards in five core subjects. This is the third of these studies, concentrating on geography, the core subject that has been the most neglected in the U.S. academic curriculum. Standards documents were solicited from all the states, and were submitted by 38 states and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Geography Instruction
Saxe, David Warren – Fordham Report, 1998
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation has commissioned studies of state academic standards in five core subjects. This is the second of these studies, focusing on standards for history. After the controversy surrounding the proposed "national history standards" in 1994, history has become a subject with no generally accepted national standards.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, History
Lerner, Lawrence S. – Fordham Report, 1998
The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation has commissioned studies of state academic standards in five core subjects. This is the fifth of these studies, focusing on state standards for science. Thirty-six states presented standards for evaluation. Some states were in the process of revising standards, while others simply had no standards to present.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Core Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Chambers, Jay G.; Parrish, Thomas B.; Lieberman, Joanne C.; Wolman, Jean M. – CSEF Brief, 1998
This brief summarizes data from a 1994-95 survey of the states on special education expenditures in the U.S. and analyzes other extant cost data that adjust for inflation and consider rising special education enrollments. The study estimates that the 1995-96 national expenditure for special education was about $32.6 billion (compared to $19.3…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
