Brookings Papers on Education Policy: 2005 - Diane Ravitch

Contents include: Test-Based Accountability: The Promise and the Perils Tom Loveless (Brookings)Can the Federal Government Improve Education Research? Brian Jacob (Harvard University) and Jens Ludwig (Georgetown University )Realizing the Promise of Brand-Name Schools Steven F.Wilson (Harvard University)School Choice: How an Abstract Idea Became a Political Reality Joseph P. Viteritti (Hunter College, CUNY)Education Reform and Content: The Long View E.D. Hirsch Jr. (Core Knowledge Foundation)Evidence-Based Reading Policy in the United States: How Scientific Research Informs Instructional Practices Reid Lyon and Vinita Chhabra (National Institutes of Health) and Sally E. Shaywitz and Bennett A. Shaywitz (Yale University).