Fissures in standards formulation: The role of neoconservative and neoliberal discourses in justifying standards development in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

An analysis of English/language arts standards development in Wisconsin and Minnesota in the late 1990s and early 2000s shows a process of compromise between neoliberal and neoconservative factions involved in promoting and writing standards, with the voices of educators conspicuously absent. Interp...

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Main Authors: Samantha Caughlan, Richard Beach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Arizona State University 2007-09-01
Series:Education Policy Analysis Archives
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Online Access:http://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/66