Standards For What: The Economic Roots of K-16

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Looking for an excellent set of agruments on why the new economy should guide the setting of future educational curricula? Check out this important ETS report.

Standards For What: The Economic Roots of K-16 By Anthony P. Carnevale and Donna M. Desrochers. Educational Testing Service. (2003, 104 Pages)

This report concludes that higher standards in K-12 education are driven by the educational needs of a twenty-first century economy, rather than by the educational failures or deficiencies of the past or present. It argues that without efforts to better prepare today's students for postsecondary education and increase their access to college, America's premier economic position and global competitiveness could be in jeopardy. The report tracks the relationship between educational attainment and job requirements since 1959 and examine future work and education requirements out to 2020.

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