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2001 - Peer Review Articles of Related Work
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Review of "Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms" by Diane Ravtich (Simon & Schuster, 2000)
"Left Back"
seeks to make the case that "Educational Progressives" since the late
19th century have been the chief source of supposed failed educational
reforms that have plagued U.S. public schools. The book weakens its case,
however, by ignoring extensive evidence that would undermine its thesis.
This review was originally published in History of Education Quarterly,
(41), 4, 550-553, Winter 2000.
WordDate:
Feb. 15, 2001
Author:
Jay Greene
Think Tank:
Manhattan Institute
Critique of "An Evaluation of the Florida A-Plus Accountability and School Choice Program"
Jay Greene argues that
early evidence suggests that Florida's "A-Plus" accountability program
led to significant improvement on test scores at public schools threatened
with vouchers. Since the release of that study, other researchers have
reexamined the data and questioned Greene's findings.
Peer Review
Further Commentary:
Jay Greene makes five
criticisms of Camilli and Bulkley's "Critique of 'An Evaluation
of the Florida A-Plus Accountability and School Choice Program.'" This
rejoinder briefly comments on each criticism.