Educational Performance Standards and the Economy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9730642
AutoresHenry M Levin (0000-0003-2729-9615, Stanford University. He is presently a visiting professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, Box 181,525 W. 120 Street, New York, NY 10027. He specializes in the economics of education and educational reform, autor correspondente)
Ano1998
Volume27
Fascículo4
Páginas4-10
Data de publicação1998-05-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
EditoraAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x027004004
OpenAlexW2054423404
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas23

One of the most prominent arguments for U.S. educational reform, generally, and for the establishment of student performance standards, specifically, has been the assertion that they will create a world-class workforce. Behind this expectation is the assumption that there is strong and demonstrable evidence that higher and better educational standards and student performance are keys to higher workplace productivity. But a review of available evidence suggests only a weak relationship between test scores and economic productivity and virtually no evidence on the predictive validity of the newer performance standards. This article suggests that the educational standards movement has relied on the economic rationale largely because of its persuasiveness in stimulating educational reform rather than any compelling evidence on the links between specific educational standards and economic performance

Academic standards · Assertion · Economic growth · Economics · Education theory · Educational research · Higher education · Mathematics education · Political science · Productivity · Public economics · Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing · Test (biology · Workforce · Computer Science · Education Systems and Policy · Higher Education Research Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Psychology · School Choice and Performance