Opportunity-to-Learn Standards and the State Role in Education.

Elmore, Richard F.; Fuhrman, Susan H.

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Publication Date: 1995

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Opportunity-to-Learn Standards and the State Role in Education.

Elmore, Richard F.; Fuhrman, Susan H.

Teachers College Record, v96 n3 p432-57 Spr 1995

Examines opportunity-to-learn (OTL) standards, which define conditions that schools, districts, and states must meet to ensure students an equal education. Offers an explanation of the states' historical inability to influence equal education, and proposes principles for designing new state policies. Includes recommendations to the states for equitable approaches to OTL. (SM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Government Role, National Standards, Performance Factors, Policy Formation, Politics of Education, Public Education, State Government, State School District Relationship

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Goals 2000

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