A Critical Analysis of the Modern Standards Movement: A Historical Portrayal Through Archival Review, Written Documents and Oral Testimony from 1983 to 1995

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dc.contributor.authorPilling, Barbara O.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairCurcio, Joan L.en
dc.contributor.committeecochairFortune, Jimmie C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberAlexander, M. Daviden
dc.contributor.committeememberParson, Stephen R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSalmon, Richard G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCanny, Marie C.en
dc.contributor.departmentEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:09:58Zen
dc.date.adate1999-04-22en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:09:58Zen
dc.date.issued1999-04-13en
dc.date.rdate2000-04-22en
dc.date.sdate1999-04-18en
dc.description.abstractThis is a historical study of the modern standards movement starting in 1983 with the landmark report, A Nation At Risk: The Imperative for Educational Reform, and concluding in 1995 with the publication of the revised Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The study was done through a review of available archival papers, written documents, and oral testimony. The purpose of this study was to analyze critically the modern standards movement as a context to the development and implementation of the revised Standards of Learning for Virginia Public Schools. Objectives of the study were to identify key events and key characters that impacted the standards movement and identify issues that evolved. A main focus of the study was to develop a documentary history that identified themes that linked events and showed connections between past and current events. Phase one of the process involved data collection from appropriate literary sources and writing the history as portrayed in written documents. Phase two of the process was done through the collection of oral testimony from key informers, especially in the Virginia movement and weaving that testimony logically and chronologically into the appropriate documentary history. Phase three of the process concluded with the identification of main themes that linked events and implications for future studies.en
dc.description.degreeEd. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-041899-145816en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-041899-145816/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/26975en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
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dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEducation Policyen
dc.subjectModern Standards Movementen
dc.subjectVirginia Standards of Learningen
dc.titleA Critical Analysis of the Modern Standards Movement: A Historical Portrayal Through Archival Review, Written Documents and Oral Testimony from 1983 to 1995en
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineEducational Leadership and Policy Studiesen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Educationen

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