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Summing Up
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... SUMMING UP The dialogues that many in the United States education community have had with international colleagues have revealed an interesting perspective our obsession with defining and adhering to higher standards is very puzzling to many of them (Resnick et al., 1995:441~. The reason seems to be that in many countries both content and performance standards are deeply embedded in the educational systemand tightly coupled with other elements of the system and are simply not discussed in isolation.
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... can contribute to misunderstanding about the precise nature and purpose of standards in different contexts and about their potential value. It is also important that those involved in developing and implementing standards share information and solutions to avoid duplicating effort.
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... Participants also spoke of the need to gain as much from the Third International Mathematics and Science Study as possible, both by pursuing promising secondary analyses and by examining the effects the results have on practice. Several participants highlighted the need for international comparative data in general, and stressed that international assessments would be more useful if their content, and their schedules, were more consistent and predictable.
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