A Think Twice Review of:

The State of State Standards 2006

Think Twice - Sep 11, 2006

Publisher/Think Tank - Fordham Institute

Author(s) -

The report assigns grades to the academic content standards in each state and claims that higher content standards lead to better student test scores.

Reviewer(s) - Kenneth Howe, University of Colorado

In his review of the report, Howe finds no evidence to support the validity of the grades and also found no support for the report’s claim that higher content standards lead to an increase in student achievement.