Final Test

Author: Peter Schrag
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Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 1595580263

Final Test: The Battle for Adequacy in America's Schools

An in-depth look at "the brave new world of school finance" (Education Week) and the latest struggle for equality in public education. Download Final Test: The Battle for Adequacy in America's Schools from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. /B>

Final Test describes a powerful new movement that has emerged across America in recent years to bridge the wide gap still separating the achievement of African American and Latino students from their white and Asian counterparts more than half a century after Brown v. Board. In the past fifteen years, scholars, judges, and advocates for poor children have begun to develop a progressive approach to education in which public policies and funding are based on calculations of "adequacy"-what it actually takes in teachers, books, facilities, and other resources to educate each child.

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