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The Educational System in the United States:
Case Study Findings

March 1999

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Table of Contents

• Title Page
• Acknowledgments
• Notes on Researchers and Authors
• Executive Summary
• Chapter 1 - Rationale for the Study
• Introduction
• Methodology
• Structure of the United States School System
• The Research Sites
• Description of Schools
• Organization of the Volume
• Chapter 2 - The Development and Implementation of Education Standards in the United States
• Introduction
• National Level Initiatives
• State-level Initiatives
• District- and Local-Level Initiatives
• Curriculum
• Assessment
• Learning Environment at School
• Home Environment, Parental Environment, and Parental Expectations of the Schools
• The Transition Beyond High School
• Summary
• Chapter 3 - Individual Differences and the United States Education System
• Introduction
• Field Research and the Topic of Investigation
• Overview of Ability Grouping and Tracking in the United States
• Perceived Sources of Differences in Ability and the Range of Differences Within the Classroom
• Strategies for Dealing with Individual Differences
• Grading and Evaluation
• Special Problems in Urban Schools
• Gender Equity in Math and Science
• Ethnicity and Access to Equal Education
• Education for Students with Disabilities
• Education for the Gifted Student
• Summary
• Chapter 4 - The Role of School in United States Adolescents' Lives
• A Typical Day for an Eighth-Grade Student
• Introduction
• Time Use in Adolescents' Lives
• Perceptions of School and Education
• Adolescent Concerns
• Other Influences on Adolescents
• The Transition to Adulthood
• Summary
• Chapter 5 - Teachers and the Teaching Profession in the United States
• Introduction
• Teachers Personal Characteristics
• Becoming a Teacher
• Teachers' Working Conditions
• Teachers' Relationships
• Disruptive Students
• Summary
• References

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