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Factors Influencing the Rise in Test Scores: Urban Connecticut Educators' Perceptions
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Merlone, Carol A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
"Education is the source of shared values essential to democracy, (...) [however], values are not enough for democracy to function well; expert skills are also needed" (Fuhrman & Lazerson, 2005, xxvi). With the turn of the 21st century, debates over the nation's public school system's ability to ensure No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act…
Descriptors: Scores, Teacher Attitudes, Qualitative Research, Models