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Publication Date: 1992
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Dilemmas of Planning Backwards: Rescuing a Good Idea.
McDonald, Joseph P.
Teachers College Record, v94 n1 p152-69 Fall 1992
Describes planning backwards, the Coalition of Essential Schools' educational policymaking strategy for high schools. The article discusses five possible dilemmas in planning backwards: outcomes or exhibitions, local or remote authority, rigid or flexible standards, apartness or authenticity in assessment, and curriculum scaffolds built of courses or of projects. (SM)
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Excellence in Education, Holistic Approach, Outcomes of Education, Politics of Education, Power Structure, School Effectiveness, School Restructuring, Secondary Education, Student Evaluation
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Language: English
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